In an article appearing in Scientific American,  Assistant Professor Rebecca M. Calisi Rodríguez, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, gives a firsthand account of the difficulties facing working mothers in the science community. "I didn't really understand how unjust the academic system was for career advancement for women until I had children," Calisi Rodríguez writes in "The Special Challenges of Being Both a Scientist and a Mom."