Minerva Cordero

**Minerva Cordero Braña**   bụ onye mgbakọ na mwepụ Puerto Rican na prọfesọ nke mgbakọ na mwepụ na Mahadum Texas na Arlington . Ọ bụkwa onye isi ngalaba ngalaba mahadum maka kọleji Sayensị, ebe ọ bụ ya na-ahụ maka nkwalite ọrụ nyocha nke kọleji.  Onye isi ala Biden nyere ya ihe nrite Onye isi ala maka Ọkachamma na Sayensị, mgbakọ na mwepụ na Injinia Mentoring (PAESMEM) na February 8, 2022. 

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Cordero na Bayamón, Puerto Rico . Nne ya, onye akwụkwọ akwụkwọ kwụsịrị mgbe klas nke ise gasịrị,  mere ka agụmakwụkwọ bụrụ ihe kacha mkpa n'ụlọ ezinaụlọ. Ọ gwara ụmụ ya "ihe kacha mma m nwere ike inye gị bụ agụmakwụkwọ." Cordero na ụmụnne ya na-emekọ ihe omume ụlọ ha ọnụ, na-ekwurịtakwa ihe ha na-amụta n’ụlọ akwụkwọ kwa ụbọchị.  Cordero kwuru, "Anyị mụtara isiokwu ibe anyị." N'ịchọ ịga mahadum, Cordero zụtara onwe ya akwụkwọ nkwadebe ule kọleji na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị wee mụọ maka ule mbata mahadum.   O kwuru na akara ule ya bụ akara kacha elu maka ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Miguel Melendez Munoz. 

Cordero gara Universidad de Puerto Rico na Rio Piedras wee nata BS na mgbakọ na mwepụ na 1981. Enyere ya National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship nke ọ na-aga na Mahadum California dị na Berkeley iji nweta nna ya ukwu na mgbakọ na mwepụ na 1983. Ọ gara n'ihu n'agụmakwụkwọ ya na Mahadum Iowa, wee nweta Ph.D. na mgbakọ na mwepụ na 1989 n'okpuru Norman Johnson.  

## Ọrụ na nyocha
Nchọpụta Cordero dị na mpaghara semifields nwere njedebe ( algebras na-abụghị ndị na-akpakọrịta ) na ụgbọ elu ha jikọtara ya (elere anya nke ọma ma ọ bụ nke ọma) na mpaghara izugbe nke geometry ngwụcha . 

Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị Ph.D., Cordero rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye mmekọ na onye osote prọfesọ na Mahadum Texas Tech ruo 2001, mgbe ọ sonyere na ngalaba na Mahadum Texas na Arlington .  Cordero jere ozi dị ka otu mgbakọ mgbakọ na mwepụ nke America Gọvanọ-na-Large maka Mmasị pere mpe site na 2008 ruo 2011.  

Ọrụ Cordero kacha arụtụ aka bụ *nyocha nke mpaghara ọkara nwere njedebe* .  Ọ bụ onye isi nyocha maka onyinye National Science Foundation nke $2.85 nde nyere Mahadum Texas na Arlington na 2009 maka oru ngo nke debere ụmụ akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na mgbakọ na mwepụ na ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na Arlington iji kwalite nkuzi na mmụta na klaasị na iji kpalie ụmụ akwụkwọ ịchụso. ọrụ na STEM (Sayensị, Teknụzụ, Injinịa, na mgbakọ na mwepụ). 

## Ihe nrite na nkwanye ugwu

* Nrite ngalaba ọhụrụ, Mahadum Texas Tech, 1994 
* Prọfesọ nke Afọ, isi ụmụ akwụkwọ nke Association Mathematical Association of America na Mahadum Texas Tech, 1995 
* Ọkachamma Onye isi ala na onyinye nkuzi, Mahadum Texas Tech, 1999
* Ụmụ nwanyị Hispanic pụtara ìhè nke South Plains, South Plains Chamber of Commerce Hispanic, 2000
* Akụkọ ndụ egosipụtara, Njikọ mgbakọ na mwepụ nke America na-eme ka mmezu mgbakọ mgbakọ na mwepụ nke pere mpe na-anọchi anya ya (SUMMA), 2001 
* Mahadum Texas nke Board of Regents' Ngosipụta Nkuzi pụtara ìhè, 2009 
* Akụkọ ndụ egosipụtara, SACNAS Biography Project, 2011  
* Asambodo Ọrụ Meritorious, Mathematical Association of America, 2012
* Ford Legendary Women (Mujeres Legendarias de Ford), 2016  
* Nnukwu Uche na STEM 2016 HENAAC Award Education Distinction, 2016 
* American Association for the Advancement of Science Ọ BỤRỤ na/MGBE onye nnọchianya, 2019 
* Ihe nrite Onye isi ala maka Ọkachamma na Sayensị, mgbakọ na mwepụ na nkuzi injinia (PAESMEM), 2022  
* Onye otu otu maka ụmụ nwanyị na mgbakọ na mwepụ na klas nke 2023. 

## Ntụaka

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