Mayleen Cortez

Mayleen Cortez-Rodriguez is a third-year Applied Mathematics Ph.D. student at Cornell University. She graduated from California State University, Channel Islands in May 2020 with a B.S. in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient. Past research interests include mathematical modeling and reinforcement learning with applications to biology and public health. She is currently working with Dr. Christina Yu on research at the intersection of social networks and causal inference. As a Latina and daughter to Salvadoran immigrants, Mayleen is also invested in making mathematical spaces safer for underrepresented groups in math. She strives to make mathematical spaces inclusive, welcoming and ultimately, more diverse. Click below to read more!