When Omar Diego Bello, 22, transferred to Cal State Fullerton from Cypress College, his goal was simply to become a high school math teacher.

Since then, that goal has broadened. Inspired by his experience in STEM programs supporting underrepresented minorities and by professors who guided him to take on challenging research, Bello and his research colleagues last year presented their work at the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Conference in Boston.

This year, Bello is contributing valuable research on bias embedded in AI for a major collaborative project called —an G𝜋T: Generative Practice Interview TrainerAI bot that will be programmed to perform mock job interviews with students so that they’re prepared for real interviews when they look for work.

“Ever since I parti

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