For the third episode of our Black Excellence in STEM mini-series, and our final faculty interview, we’re bringing you an interview with Dr. Catera Wilder. Dr. Wilder studies how lung cells communicate with the immune system and explains to us how she uses mathematical models to inform real-world experiments and vice-versa. She also answers the age-old question: does it ever get easier to explain to your family what you do for a living?You can connect with Dr. Wilder on Twitter @Wilder_Lab. This episode was produced by Sydney Williams, Camila Benitez and Maggie Colton in collaboration with BE-STEM. Follow BE-STEM on Twitter @BESTEM_UCSF. Music for this episode by Lansman Duets. You can find the transcript for this episode here.