MPA/PhD student Kao Lee Yang was nominated for the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, but her nomination was rejected by HHMI because she didn’t fit into its racial/ethnic underrepresentation criteria. Read her story.
Read the full article at: https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/11/only-hmong-scientist-in-the-room-how-overrepresented/