Mona Minkara Advocates for Accessibility in Science
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was featured in the Chemical and Engineering News article “Mona Minkara advocates for accessibility in science.”
“At age 7, Mona Minkara was diagnosed with macular degeneration and cone-rod dystrophy, which eventually led to blindness. A doctor “point-blank told my mom that it wasn’t worth spending a penny on my education,” she recalled years later as she delivered a speech at her commencement from Wellesley College…”