Ana Cristina Betancourt

Ana Cristina Betancourt is a Ph.D. student in the History of Science and Medicine program at Yale. She recently finished a two-year post-baccalaureate program at Yale, where she cemented her interests in the field of history of science, and more specifically the history of plant collecting in the Hispanic Caribbean region. This program allowed her to co-curate an ongoing exhibit at Yale’s Peabody Museum called “Fakes and Fictions: Unraveling Museum Narratives.” Before starting her post-bacc, she graduated with a B.S. in Integrative Biology from the University of Puerto Rico in 2021. During her undergraduate studies, she frequently collaborated with the on-campus herbarium and museum in different capacities. She’s eager to keep collaborating with museums and use collections in her research.