Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 51 minutes ago
As a young child growing up in Mexico, Fernanda de la Torre crossed the border with her family because they imagined a better future for themselves in America. As a teenager, she escaped an abusive home because she imagined a safer place somewhere else. Now, as a computational neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute, Fernanda uses math to understand how the brain distinguishes imagination from reality.
As a young child growing up in Mexico, Fernanda de la Torre crossed the border with her family because they imagined a better future for themselves in America. As a teenager, she escaped an abusive home because she imagined a safer place somewhere else. Now, as a computational neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute, Fernanda uses math to understand how the brain distinguishes imagination from reality.
