About Us

We are the UNLV chapter of The Scientista Foundation. We operate under the National Scientista Foundation to create a community of support for women in STEMM on campus. We provide a safe space for our members to gain encouragment, guidence, and acceptance as well as provide opportunities to help our memebers make the most of their college experience. 

 Scientista was started out of Harvard in 2011 by two sisters, Julia and Christina Tartaglia, to address the lack of resources, community, and role models for college women in science and engineering. Both biology majors involved in research, they noticed a lack of resources for women in higher education. Wanting to address this problem, they came up with the idea of the Scientista Foundation, a one-stop resource that would address the needs of college and graduate women. After placing as a Harvard College Innovation Challenge semifinalist and winning a Harvard TECH prize, they launched ScientistaFoundation.com, a platform and national network that addresses the needs of pre-professional women in STEM.  

 The Scientista Foundation is a national organization that empowers pre-professional women in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM) through content, communities, and conferences. Currently the largest network of campus women across STEMM disciplines, Scientista serves to connect all communities of women in STEMM at campuses across the US and Canada, giving such important organizations more visibility and resources, and building a strong, cohesive network of women in science that can act as one voice.