Laura Ruelas
Research Support
Affiliation: Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI)
Division: Earth Science Division (SG)
Branch: Atmospheric Science Branch (SGG)
Email: laura.k.ruelas@nasa.gov
Phone: 650-604-5489
Professional Biography
Laura is a Bay Area native coming to us from two successful careers, in the legal and tech industries. In 2021, Laura switched her career to the public sector and accepted a role at Lawrence Livermore National Labs. With passion and a strong desire to continue growing in the public sector, Laura joined Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, and is currently on assignment at NASA Ames Research Center, in the Atmospheric Science Branch, as a Research Support Specialist.
Laura is a positive force of energy with expertise in business operations, communications, administrative support, and diversity efforts. During her time in tech, she grew her career and held many titles across multiple disciplines from Corporate Communications, Engineering, Worldwide Sales, Global Marketing and DEI. With each role, Laura expanded her depth of product knowledge, scope of responsibility and influence.
In her spare time, she loves to spend quality family time with her husband and four children, singing, hiking in the local Bay Area, exercising on her mirror, exploring, cooking, baking, learning new skills and volunteers her time in her community and her church.
Education
Bachelor’s degree, Business Management (BSBM) 3.97 GPA, University of Phoenix
Associate’s degree, General Studies/Psychology, Evergreen Valley Community College
Awards/Honors
Silicon Valley Admin Awards, Nominee for Tech Innovation (2016)
Latina Style Diversity Award (2018)
Select Publications
Forbes Blogs – Ghost Writing under Aruna Ravichandran, VP/CMO Cisco Systems
New Technologies Evolve How We Experience The Workplace Of The Future (2019)
New Technologies Evolve How We Experience The Workplace Of The Future (forbes.com)
Trust: The Hidden Dividend Of Working From Home (2020)
Trust: The Hidden Dividend Of Working From Home (forbes.com)
Webex Blogs – Ghost Writing under Aruna Ravichandran, VP/CMO Cisco Systems
Cisco Webex Celebrates the Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon 50th Anniversary Gala (2019)
Cisco Webex Celebrates the Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon 50th Anniversary Gala
The Awesome Power of Webex Collaboration Combinations (2019)
“Best Collaborations Happen on Webex” Campaign Wins Gold in the Graphis Advertising Competition
Best Collaborations Happen on Webex” Campaign Wins Gold in the Graphis Advertising Competition (October 2020)
LinkedIn – Articles & Blogs, Laura K. Ruelas
Dishes & Traditions a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration! (2020)
Dishes & Traditions a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration! | LinkedIn