Illustration of Mónica, a smiling woman with dark hair, next to a crab, seated among colorful leaves and plants, with a bird on a branch above her and another bird near the crab, with speech bubbles.

¡Hola!

I am Dr. Mónica I. Feliú Mójer, an award-winning bilingual science communicator connecting science with people’s lives, who they are, and what they care about. I have almost 20 years of experience in culturally relevant and inclusive science communication, community engagement, media, filmmaking, and public speaking. I tap into my PhD training, personal background, and culture to engage marginalized audiences, especially Puerto Ricans and other Spanish-speakers, with science.

News & Highlights

  • February 11, 2026 – Op-ed published in El Nuevo Día reflecting on the parallels between my career in science communication and Bad Bunny’s career in music — both deliberately rooted in our Puerto Rican identity. Read it in Spanish or English.

  • September 8, 2025 – A free downloadable resource I co-authored to help individuals make their science communication, public engagement with science, and civic science efforts more equitable and inclusive.

  • I participated in the second "Woman of the Year" panel discussion with gastroenterologist Esther A. Torres and astrophysicist Wanda Díaz Merced, moderated by meteorologist Ada Monzón. See the highlights and photos.

  • June 30, 2024 – I co-authored “Transformative community-engaged science: Strengthening relationships between science and society”, included in Reimagining Science Communication in the COVID Era and Beyond, a collection of articles based upon the most recent National Academy of Science’s Science Communication Colloquium.

  • December 1, 2024 – I was named one of 10 women of the year transforming Puerto Rico by El Nuevo Día's Magacín (Puerto Rico's newspaper of record), in recognition for my contributions to inclusive science communication and public engagement, including my recent film "Coming Home". Read the profile in Spanish or English.