I entered graduate school thinking I’d live a “life of the mind.” I just didn’t think it’d be my mind specifically.
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I entered graduate school thinking I’d live a “life of the mind.” I just didn’t think it’d be my mind specifically.
Read moreThere were no how-to articles or university guidelines for dealing with such a catastrophic loss, and I found myself irrationally wondering if I was doing something wrong.
Read moreFeelings of inadequacy and self-doubt had managed to seep their way into my professional and personal lives, and I found myself questioning everything. Would I ever finish my PhD? Was it just a matter of time before everyone saw me for the fraud that I really was?
Read moreIt was August 2015 and I was a newly minted PhD candidate when I found out I was being cut from my lab.
Read moreUpon the start of my PhD and towards the end of it, I was faced with the choice of choosing a lab mentor.
Read moreMany students are not even aware of the skills the apply on a daily basis during their PhD.
Read moreI 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.
Read more“Academia is supposed to be hard,” “science takes sacrifice,” “if you can’t hack it now, maybe you don’t belong.”
Read moreEach 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.
Read moreI 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?
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