The Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting Fellowship provides $50,000 U.S., in unrestricted money to talented, young optical scientists and engineers who believe their expertise can be used beyond the lab bench to improve society. A chief goal of the program is to encourage people of exceptional talent to pursue a newfound passion in areas like public policy, government and journalism. Araceli Venegas-Gomez will use her stipend to become a ‘global ambassador’ for quantum technologies