Yadira Soto-Feliciano talks to Takara BioView, which celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month with interviews Hispanic scientists who have made significant contributions to our understanding of health and disease. Her advice to young scientists is to embrace their identity, because “it’s bringing something different to the table—particularly in science which has historically been very homogeneous. It’s really important to bring people with accents, people that look different, people with different experiences, because that's where innovation will happen.”