Empowering Latinas to exist in science 👩🏻‍🔬🧪🧬 📧:[email protected]
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If stem professors who have entire doctorates and experience are scrutinized for their accent what are we telling the students in these classes?
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I embrace the latina Label because I am a first gen daughter of immigrants from parents born in Latin America. The beauty about Latinos is that we are a diverse group of people from different backgrounds and histories. I don’t label myself as Latina bc I am not woke enough or
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Don’t understand the colonial implications. I embrace the label because I resonate with the culture, the customs and being Latina means I am a part of my parent’s traditions.
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Maturing is realizing that it was never about the rigorous curriculum and institution. It was jumping through the infinite hoops on your own. If you’ve made it this far abrázate fuerte. ❤️
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Imagine saying that to a working student post covid. First gen working class students have had to ignore a lot of tone deaf advice and keep it pushing. đź‘Ź
Pre covid I had a college professor ask me if I was working through college and I said yes. He suggested I look into changing majors because the workload wasn’t manageable with a part time job.
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When I moved almost 2,000 miles away from home for college I started listening to more Spanish music. Looking back this was my way of being close to my family.
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Don’t compare yourself to people who get to go to college for fun. Take it one day at a time. Just know that the sacrifice is going to be worth it in the end. I can attest to that.
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Social media doesn’t show you what each person is sacrificing to get to be a #latinainstem. You’re not seeing the sleepless nights, juggling work and school, feeling lonely in a field where very few share your background and experiences.
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I’m so proud of myself for not giving up. When you’re the first in your family you may be turning to social media for guidance and I just want to remind you that social media does not always show you the full picture.
I forgive myself for the decisions I made and didn’t make to get me to this point. I forgive myself for the times I compared myself to others, didn’t ask for help, let micro aggressions slide and wanted to meet unrealistic expectations.
This results in internal anger and disappointment, the same as if we were to get angry at another person. If you’re a first gen it may be time to realize that hyper independence may no longer be serving you.
The problem with being ultra independent is that we become codependent on ourselves. We beat ourselves up if we can’t fix a situation. We become hard on ourselves and expect to be super heroes all the time.
Don’t let people who don’t know you or your story influence your goals.
They don’t know you and will never understand your grit, determination and hustle.
Society does not give Latinas the same recognition when it comes to leadership. A lot of us are the project managers of our families, the bookkeepers, the admin for our health/school/ and job from a very young age.
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