(born 1952) – Regents' Professor at Arizona State University, educator and author. Vicki L. Ruiz (born 1955) – historian, president of the American Historical Association Ramón Saldívar (born 1949) – author, professor, and researcher of cultural studies, National Humanities Medal recipient Rita Sanchez (born 1937) – academic in the field of Chicano studies Hortensia Soto – mathematics professor at Colorado State University Richard A. Tapia (born 1939) – mathematician Josefina Villamil Tinajero – president of the National Association for Bilingual Education John D. Trasviña (born 1954) – dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law, former Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Arnulfo Trejo (1922–2002) – writer, college professor, and literary activist María Urquides (1908–1994) – K-12 educator, "Mother of Bilingual Education" Francisco H. Vázquez (born 1949) – scholar and public intellectual María Guillermina Valdes Villalva (1939–1991) – scholar and social activist Maria Cristina Villalobos – professor of mathematics Erv Wilson (1928–2016) – music theorist Leslie Wong (born 1949) – President of San Francisco State University Science and technology Sylvia Acevedo (born 1956/1957) – engineer and businesswoman, worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Albert Baez (1912–2007) – physicist and professor, developed the X-ray microscope John C. Baez (born 1961) – mathematical physicist Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952) – science educator and entomologist Víctor Celorio (born 1957) – inventor of Instabook or book on demand France A. Córdova (born 1947) – former NASA chief scientist Jesús A. De Loera (born 1966) – mathematician at UC Davis Teofilo F. Gonzalez (born 1948) – computer scientist and professor Sidney M. Gutierrez (born 1951) – former astronaut Guadalupe Hayes-Mota – biotechnologist and business director José Hernández (born 1962) – former astronaut Miguel de Icaza (born 1972) – software programmer Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born 1947) – molecular and cellular biologist Ynes Mexia (1870–1938) – prominent botanist Ricardo Miledi (1927–2017) – neuroscientist and professor at University of California, Irvine Héctor García-Molina (1953–2019) – computer scientist and professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University Mario J. Molina (1943–2020) – co-discoverer of decomposition of ozone with CFC aerosols, Nobel laureate in Chemistry Ellen Ochoa (born 1958) – astronaut, director for flight crew operations for NASA John D. Olivas (born 1965) – NASA astronaut Jorge López (physicist) (born 1955) – physicist and professor Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa (born 1968) – associate professor of neurosurgery and oncology; director of the