Outlook 2021: Scientist applying personal, professional experience to help lift local students in Schenectady | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By Kelly de la Rocha | February 25, 2021 When Omayra Padilla DeJesús moved to the Capital Region to work at General Electric in Niskayuna, she quickly realized she was existing in a bubble. “While I was at this global facility that had great resources, super-smart people, it didn’t take long to learn, just a few blocks away, was a city called Schenectady,” Padilla DeJesús recounted. “There was a wall — not a physical wall — but there was a wall, and you just had to cross it and there was a completely different experience.”