“The concept of having a seat at the decision-making table — no longer just being this person that signifies representation, but [acting as the] representation with power to make decisions that have long impacted me — that’s incredible,” says Richmond, Calif., native Robin López, ’18 MS Civil Engineering, who was sworn in as an Albany City Councilmember last year. Read more about this trailblazing scientist, who helped organize the 2017 March for Science in San Francisco, in the digital edition of #SJSUWSQ at the link in bio.