CoCo Program
Code to Communicate (CoCo) Program is an NSF-funded project founded and developed by leaders from the GeoLatinas organization. I am one of the co-creators and founders of the initiative. Currently, I function as the Program Director. CoCo offers bilingual coding and science communication training to Latin and Hispanic early career researchers in Geoscience.
Science Communication Training
We have created a bilingual Science Communication Curriculum for early-career researchers in applied earth science. The training offers strategies to make science information more inclusive and accessible. We offer training on how to communicate scientific results to non-technical audiences. The training lasts 11-weeks in total and is divided into three parts: two training seasons of 5-weeks and a final week where students develop a research project and prepare a final presentation.
Teaching Goals
The first season is focused on increasing the understanding of different ways of doing science communication and the importance of writing for non-technical audiences. The second season’s teaching goals are to offer training in translation techniques, scientific posters, and presentations. Lastly, during the GeoHackeo, we teach proposal writing and public speaking.
Science Communication teaching approach
