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As assistant professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Melisa Orta Martinez is driven by her commitment to promote diverse representation in STEM. In this first-person essay, Martinez writes about designing from multiple perspectives so we don’t overlook the needs of underrepresented populations.

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