Loría-Salazar, Marcela

Mentoring Mindset:

• We all need to start in some place to gain experience.
• We can all learn together.

Higher Education and Employment Background:

• PhD, Atmospheric Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 2018
• M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 2013
• B.S., Meteorology, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2009

Life Defining Moments in Meteorology and Higher Education:

• Hurricanes Cesar (1996) and Mitch (1998). I was 10 and 12 years old (respectively) and I witnessed how the power of nature destroyed Central America.
  
• When I became a data scientist, I wanted to do something that can help people.
  
• The Rim fire (2013), opened my mind on the importance of forecasting.