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The underrepresentation of professionals of color across the overall working force in the science and engineering fields continues to be a matter of concern nationwide. In 2008, Hispanics accounted for only 4.9 percent, while Blacks constituted only 3.9 percent of all employed scientists and engineers (National Science Foundation, 2012).
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Arreguín-Anderson, M.G., Esquierdo, J.J., Guillen, A., Villarreal, L. (2016). Identifying Gifted and Creative Future Scientists who are Linguistically and Culturally Diverse. In: Demetrikopoulos, M.K., Pecore, J.L. (eds) Interplay of Creativity and Giftedness in Science. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-163-2_13
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