SEPTEMBER 2019 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 1285 COMMUNICATION trate the diversity within the Lathisms community in terms of research area and career stage. Hortensia Soto Hispanic Heritage Month means someone recognizes that we contribute to this country. It means that the sacrifice that my parents made for us was not in vain. It means that the work that my elementary teachers did for me is recognized. It is a mech- anism to serve as a role model for others—regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status, level of education, etc. And, I get to do this in the same manner that it was bestowed upon me: through compassion. It means that as a Hispanic mathematics educator, I am valued. —Hortensia Soto Biography Dr. Hortensia Soto was born in Jalisco, Mexico. When she was one, she and her older sister and parents immigrated to rural western Nebraska, where she was raised on a farm. This is where she learned the value of a strong work ethic; it is also where she learned that she wanted an education. Her parents, who both have a third-grade education, taught her and modeled that through hard work, anything was possible. Dr. Soto is extremely grateful to her teachers who were patient with her, especially when she was first learning English. Dr. Soto earned her degrees from Chadron State Col- lege, University of Arizona, and University of Northern Colorado. She is currently a professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado, where she works with prospective and in-ser- vice K–16 mathematics teachers. Through her teaching, Lathisms (Latinxs and Hispanics in Mathematical Sciences, www.lathisms.org) provides an accessible platform that features outstanding research, teaching, mentoring, and service contributions of Latinxs and Hispanics to the mathematical sciences. Since 2016, Lathisms has featured 91 mathematicians, who are highlighted one per day during US Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15. This year, we are highlighting the work of Latinx and Hispanic mathematics educators. The Lathisms honorees demonstrate a strong commit- ment to the advancement of Latinxs and Hispanics in the mathematical sciences, and we are excited to highlight their outstanding contributions. The 2019 Lathisms cal- endar continues this tradition and features mathematics educators, some of whom will be interviewed by Evelyn Lamb as part of our Lathisms podcast, made possible by the continued support of the Mathematical Association of America via a Tensor-SUMMA grant. New to the website this year are individual posters of each honoree, which will be freely available for download. We present here the profiles of four of the 2019 Lathisms honorees. These honorees were selected to illus- 2019 Lathisms: Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences Pamela E. Harris, Alicia Prieto Langarica, and Luis Sordo Vieira Pamela E. Harris is an assistant professor at Williams College. Her email address is pamela.e.harris@williams.edu. Alicia Prieto-Langarica is an associate professor at Youngstown State Uni- versity. Her email address is aprietolangarica@ysu.edu. Luis Sordo Vieira is a postdoctoral associate at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. His email address is luis.sordovieira@jax.org. Communicated by Notices associate editor Stephan Ramon Garcia. For permission to reprint this article, please contact: reprint-permission @ams.org. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1090/noti1935