UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has named Gabby Gutierrez-Serrano the recipient of the 2023 Delaine A. Eastin Fellowship. This fellowship is given to a graduate student pursuing an MA or Ph.D. in the Department of Education who is the first in her family to attend grad school and show academic progress, with a preference for female students.
Gabby is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Education with an emphasis in Culture and Development working with Dr. Laura Romo. Her research examines the factors influencing Latina first-generation STEM majors’ motivation to persist to degree completion and aspire to STEM-related careers. Gabby received her B.A. in Chicana/o Studies with a minor in Education and M.A. in Education from UC Santa Barbara. As a graduate student, she has been a Teaching Assistant in the departments of Education and Chicana/o Studies, graduate student researcher at the Chicano Studies Institute, and assistant program coordinator at the Promise Scholars Program.