SISTER

Lorena standing in the desert in Berrendo with tools around her belt and a hat to protect her from the sun.

Becoming the woman I want to become through love and science

I will be the first member in my family to earn a PhD degree. However, graduate school was not in my parents’ plans when they enrolled me in an excellent, yet expensive, private school in Mexico City.

Why we joined Science Rising

STEM is a powerful agent for justice, and that’s what Science Rising is all about. Here are the reasons became coalition partners in this important movement.

What I Learned from a 17-year-old STEM Student

As we progressed through the NYAS program, we began to realize that we are actually quite similar to each other.

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Addressing my mental health issues saved my scientific career

“Academia is supposed to be hard,” “science takes sacrifice,” “if you can’t hack it now, maybe you don’t belong.”

You are not alone: mental health resources for women in STEM

Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day, and we want to open up a conversation about mental health, especially for women in STEM.

Reflections of a #MeTooSTEM very rude elevator screamer

To make a difference, you must inconvenience the enablers. You must “very rude elevator scream” them.

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I’m a STEM student with disabilities: Here are 5 ways to teach me better

As a STEM student with physical and mental disabilities, here are five simple ways that teachers can better support me.

Building Your Brand During a Career Transition

What do you want people to know you for? Surprisingly, this is not an easy question to answer.

Q&A with Lisette E. Torres: ‘We need science to work with and for the people’

We had the honor of interviewing Lisette E. Torres, a trained scientist, disabled-scholar activist, and director of the Cooper Foundation Center for Academic Resources at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU).

Finding our voice in advocacy

Each time we spoke out, we grew a little more confident that our collective voices could affect change and that we could demand better from those in positions of power.

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Where is my place as an aspiring Native American STEM advocate?

I have seen the need for more Native American STEM advocates and I want to answer the call. But shouldn’t my days be spent in lab?

Why we need to keep fighting for Dreamers, for STEM’s sake

Our STEM success story would not have been possible in a world with exclusionary immigration policies.

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Giving students a seat at the table: why we should teach science policy advocacy early on

Burgeoning scientists or science-curious students want to be part of both scientific and political conversations.

Required Reading: Inferior reveals how science shapes our views of women

This eloquent take-down of science-backed male supremacy is for everyone.

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Tackling the Mountain

I have muddy shoes, a sunburned nose, and skinned knees. None of these things happened in my lab or at my desk.

On Being Queer in STEM

Queer scientists face unique challenges that deserve to be heard and addressed to make STEM inclusive for all.

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5 ways that STEM is even worse than Hollywood – #MeToo

The #MeToo movement in STEM lags behind the #MeToo movement in Hollywood. Here are five ways in which they differ.

How STEM can do better: advice from a biogeofeminist

Dr. Sarah Myhre is a brave climate scientist who dares to bring humanity for her work, despite the harassment she often endures for doing so.