Betsabé D. Castro Escobar

PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley
🇵🇷 Afro-Boricua 👩🏽‍🔬 Scientist
🌻 Lover 🏝 Explorer
📚 Educator 🥑 Foodie/cook/baker
✨On a self-discovery & healing journey✨

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

I am the only Boricua graduate student in my department. Almost a month ago, I wrote the following message in response to another email circulated internally after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico. I didn’t have the capacity to engage with people but had a lot I wanted to say.

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

Interested in a PhD in Ethnobotany/Ethnobiology? This one seems like a dream!!!!🌿❤️ If only I could go back and restart, I would pick this one in a heartbeat.
Reach out to @InaVandebroek if you have any questions.
#ethnobotany #ethnobiology #graduateschool #Jamaica #Caribbean

[Foodie Pharmacology Podcast @FoodiePharma]

Foodomics with Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh

I'm excited to share a special series produced with The Periodic Table of Food Initiative! The #PTFI is spearheading a global effort to decipher the makeup of foods, aiming to enhance both human & environmental health. https://t.co/LTB9bOnTAm

[Mark Nesbitt @Economicbotany]

2023 Kent/Kew Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture, Dr Sarah Edwards on "Ethnobotany: The Sacred & The Science", also launching her new book. At
@kewgardens Tues 14 Nov, 17.00. Attend online: https://t.co/ktuBD4L8Vy or attend in-person: https://t.co/02WSez5HOE

[Dr. Corrie Moreau @CorrieMoreau]

Such a tragic loss of an amazing and inspiring person. Gabe was an undergrad in my lab many years ago and was a graduate student at Berkeley. Please contribute if you can.

Fundraiser by Roxy Cruz : Gabriel Trujillo's Funeral & Celebration of Life https://t.co/TG7GM955uj

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

@castilloangela_ La universidad no ha dicho nada aun. Nuestro departamento mando un mensaje de apoyo. Y ya la prensa esta visibilizando la historia.

https://t.co/RgjA8YHMHr

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

Last week, our dear labmate and friend Gabriel Trujillo was brutally taken from all of us in Sonora, Mexico. While conducting his PhD fieldwork and visiting his ancentral land. Please donate if you can to help his family with the funeral and life celebration expenses.

[Nina Sokolov @NinaAriSokolov]

Hi all. If you are able to, please donate to Gabriel Trujillo's Funeral & Celebration of Life:

https://t.co/k92lCBhqvW

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

Gabriel Trujillo’s Eulogy and more details 🕊️ We will forever miss you hermano!

https://t.co/YwHctZ2Las

[Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatin]

Are you about to start a STEM grad program?🧪

Científico Latino’s GSEC program (Grad Student Engagement & Community) is now OPEN to the public!
https://t.co/TUfjdY448r

1st year grad students & mentors – apply by May 20!

🧵 1/5

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

Fellow ethnobotanist Dr. Maria Fadiman and #natgeoexplorer featured in the SFGate.

[Maria Fadiman @MariaFadiman]

Excited to be featured in SFGate Thank you to Megan duBois, Melody Vagnini, Ashley WynneJames, natgeoexpeditions and SFGATE. #onassignment #natgeoexpedtions #natgeoexplorer #sfgate #sustainabletravel https://t.co/d0HkQr18UT

[Maria Fadiman @MariaFadiman]

Excited to be featured in SFGate Thank you to Megan duBois, Melody Vagnini, Ashley WynneJames, natgeoexpeditions and SFGATE. #onassignment #natgeoexpedtions #natgeoexplorer #sfgate #sustainabletravel https://t.co/d0HkQr18UT

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

@QuaveEthnobot Sweet anniversary to you both! Wishing you both much health, many more years and adventures together.

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

You are amazing @moefeliu!!!! Congratulations!!! You make us all so proud. #PRepresenta 🇵🇷

[Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD @Sefini]

Congratulations to my dear @moefeliu on her dual recognitions!! Anyone who has ever know her, understands what an amazing brain and heart she has. And now the world knows as well. Couldn’t have a better #scicomm advisor and expert @theNASEM and as a #AAASFellow

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

@Bryophyter @ANoorOshiro ¡Gracias Jenna! 🥹

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

SO PROUD of @ANoorOshiro for shining truth and light on such an important topic. You inspire me and make me feel less alone. #iamasurvivortoo

42 - times i had suicidal thoughs during grad school
5 - times i had plans
3 - close attempts

I choose to be here now everyday.

[Steve Goldbloom @stevegoldbloom]

"Being a survivor of suicide attempts...it is for me this active decision, every single day, to wakeup and choose life."

@ANoorOshiro's #BriefButSpectacular portrait on cross-cultural suicide prevention research

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

@Bryophyter @SFSU Amazing!!! Congrats @Bryophyter! SFSU is lucky to have you 🫶🏽🌱

[Berkeley Faculty Association @FacultyBerkeley]

As the strike for #FairUCNow by @uaw2865 @UAW5810 @sruuaw reaches a critical phase with the onset of exams and grading @UCPrezDrake office has sent faculty a threatening and misleading email https://t.co/LLEFm6ciRG

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

This is what is now being proposed, not yet brought to the bargaining table with the UC. Wish means we could get an even shittier deal from the UC. This was passed without consultation of union membership. Disappointed with the lack of transparency and democracy. #FairUCNow

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

(1/5) Highlights of our new wages proposal passed to UC last night, reposted with correction to percentage increase:
-Raise TAs’ base wage by 39%, lifting it from $2,583 to $3,585 per month ($43,020 annually)
And…

[Betsabé D. Castro Escobar @mxbotanik]

Yesterday our union outlined what they call “significant progress” passing a new wages propossal for the UC. They went down from a $54k to now a $43k annual salary, and their is no mention of having a COLA (cost of living adjustment). Workers are furious. #UAWstrike #FairUCNow

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Puerto Rico's power grid is privatized by a U.S.-Canada corporation, and residents are paying extreme prices for an unreliable service with frequent outages.

"We're seeing the everyday consequences of colonialism," says Puerto Rican journalist Bianca Graulau (@bgraulau).

[Diablo Rising Tide @RTBayArea]

DONATE: Support striking UC student-workers arrested hanging a banner targeting UC leadership at the Cal-UCLA game yesterday!

We had costs for the action, and UC doesn't pay us enough, so we would appreciate your help.

Venmo: @Adrian-Wilson-28

#FairUCNow #UAWonStrike