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I’m all about helping other women in STEM prioritize self-care in order to minimize burnout; if we don’t look out for ourselves, who will? One way I’m doing that is with my video series Self-Care in STEM (follow me @sharanadarcel to watch it on IGTV). To kick it off, I shared how self-care has helped…
A paper was recently published in Nature Communications that looks into mentorship within scientific fields. One section of the study looked into how the genders of the mentor and mentee played a role in their success during and after the mentorship. One of the findings from this study: “opposite-gender mentorship may actually increase the impact…
Hi! My name is Sharana, and I don’t want a PhD. I don’t want to go back to school. I’ve earned 3 degrees already, and I’m happy with those. Don’t get me wrong, I get sooo excited when I see women sharing their PhD experiences on Instagram, just killing it in STEM fields and inspiring…
Ever since I was younger, I knew I wanted to work as a forensic scientist. My strengths in school were math and science, and I’ve always been a bit of a computer geek. Watching the scientists on CSI & Forensic Files use math, science, and computers to help solve crimes helped me realize that’s exactly…
I had the idea to share this after I made a couple mistakes at work recently. Simple things that were preventable but still caused more work for my department, which made me feel bad about myself afterwards. Impostor syndrome started creeping up and making my mind race with negative thoughts. [That’s the idea that you’re…
