A Latina scientist co-created a new Covid vaccine. She's nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. [nbcnews.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/9/226:00 AM

By Albinson Linares, Photo: Texas Children's Hospital, NBC News, February 8, 2022

María Elena Bottazzi doesn't forget where she comes from. Her face softens as she, in the midst of complex scientific terms, speaks of Honduras as if she had left Tegucigalpa, its capital, yesterday.

“It never crossed my mind to look for a job at a multinational" company, she said with a broad smile in a video interview with Noticias Telemundo. "I am Central American and doing nonprofit projects is my way of giving back a little of what Honduras has given me.”

Together with Dr. Peter Hotez, Bottazzi, 56, a microbiologist, led the team from the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development that created the Corbevax vaccine for Covid-19, a patent-free drug that last month already received emergency authorization for use in India.

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