Membership

I wish to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as promote best practices.

I've heard about Alba for the very first time at IBRO's World Conference in Granada. There was a booth where some very intelligent women explained to me the whole purpose of Alba and that I should join it. Ever since I've been thinking about it. I think I belong to Alba because my committed nature has made me a very hard-working student and it has led me to leave the country to finish my Ph.D. outside my original country: Brazil. I was awarded a scholarship to live abroad for one year with all costs covered by the federal government. This is how much my country believes and invests in my education. Not everyone can say that where I come from. Also, I hope that in the future I can teach in Brazil everything I learned around the world and return all the investment spent on my education in the form of knowledge for future generations.

In conclusion, my path can be more difficult for being a woman, Latina, queer, from a middle-incoming country and many other difficulties, but I'm still making space for myself and for future female neuroscientists. If I can make it, they can make it too. However, nobody achieve great results alone and I think that's why I belong with Alba.

By joining ALBA, I hope to help promote diversity and inclusion in neuroscience through connecting scientists from underrepresented regions to supportive networks. I will also work on developing meaningful mentorship programs and on assisting scientists to have access to technology transfer.

To be part of a broad and diverse neuroscience network

I think it is important to fight for equality and diversity

I would like to join Alba to be part of the promotion of equity and diversity in brain science. As a female member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I want to support and work with others like me as well as ensuring those from all underrepresented are heard and seen in brain sciences.

Becoming a member give me the chance to develop further in high-level scientific and medical content, reinforcing capabilities, and discussing opportunities in the field of Neuroscience research, which will be an opportunity I shall seize with complete sincerity and commitment. Becoming a member of AlbaNetwork will be a pride. As a young neuroscientist joining Alba can improve my research career and grow my community.

Your reply to the paper by Alshebi et al. made me aware of your network.
I beneffited greatly from metnorship, and find it wonderful there is a community within neurosciences to support this.

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To raise awareness about the relevance of diversity in science.

The mission of ALBA is what I believe should be promoted. And this is true not only in the neuroscience field but society in general.

To help create awareness about continued inequalities in the neurosciences, especially around implicit biases shaping our decision making processes. As a women and mother in science from an underrepresented background, I think it is important to share these lived and embodied experiences and be involved around the discourse instigate change.