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My Professional Origin Story: Jacimaria Batista 

The engineering professor reflects on her journey from baking cakes to cover living expenses to becoming an expert in technology development for water and wastewater systems.

Jacimaria Batista is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and Southwest Gas professor of renewable energy at UNLV. (Dallas Kreil/UNLV)

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