WISAY Board Members
The Board of Women and Gender Minorities in Science at Yale is made up of dedicated graduate and undergraduate students, and postdoctoral fellows across a variety of STEM departments at Yale. Meet our current leadership below!
Allison Cairns
she/hers
Ph.D. Student
Applied Physics & Physical Engineering Biology
Board member since 2021
Hometown: Santa Ana, CA
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Favorite WISAY activity: The research chats and socials.
Fun Fact: Allison enjoys hiking, backpacking, skateboarding, surfing, cliff diving, and practicing MMA.
Ming Ma
she/hers
Ph.D. Candidate
Psychology
Board member since 2022
Favorite WISAY activity: The career panels
Fun Fact: I really want to go to Switzerland this year!
Madeline Pitre
she/hers
B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Board member since 2023
Hometown: Biloxi, MS
Favorite WISAY activity: Coming into my first year at Yale, I found WISAY's mentorship program to be very foundational to my STEM experience. My WISAY mentor was amazing and helped me navigate finding a lab and my overall success in a very unfamiliar scientific environment.
Fun Fact: Within the past 6 months, I have visited every state in New England, most for the first time!
Samantha Miller
she/hers
Ph.D. Student Biological Anthropology
Board member since 2022
Hometown: Tulare, CA
Favorite WISAY activity: Career coffee chats
Fun Fact: I organize dinner parties to celebrate seasonal produce.
Lucille Tsao
she/hers
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Board member since 2022
Hometown: Succasunna, NJ
Favorite WISAY activity: The mentorship program!
Fun Fact: I love to embroider! I am always working on a fun and challenging project during my free time!
Dinara Bolat
she/hers
B.S. in Neuroscience
Board member since 2022
Hometown: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Favorite WISAY activity: The career coffee chats! They're so helpful :)
Fun Fact: My goal for this summer is to learn how to surf.