Agreed wholeheartedly!!

Thank you, Claire! 🥹 I can’t imagine the impact this will have on people who hold far fewer privileges and supports than I do. I’m glad many scientists are advocating against these harmful policies and practices!

Thank you, Cheri. I am so, so grateful for the impact you’ve had on my life and the ways you advocate for your trainees and patients. It’s an honor to work with you.

(6/6) be. Assumptions that diversity initiatives and supplements somehow give people an advantage over others is blatantly incorrect. It simply gives trainees a chance who, despite their best efforts, weren’t afforded the same opportunities and experiences others had.

(5/6) hard to make them up, spending hours learning how to do things on my own, doing science alone, taking extra classes, etc. But this supplement would have given me a chance to receive the targeted research support and mentorship I want and need to become the kind of clinical scientist I want to

(4/6) still need support in navigating spaces that are vastly different from the ones I came from. That’s why things like diversity supplements are so important. I’ve missed out on a lot of mentorship and research opportunities thus far due to the previous limits of my background. And I’ve worked

(3/6) worry about whether I would have enough food to eat or a place to live. And the support and mentorship I’ve received throughout the years from teachers, professors, and senior scientists showed me that I can do hard and impactful things despite where I’ve come from. But I am finding that I

(2/6) and “DEI initiatives.” I was in foster care and had to get a GED instead of graduating from high school. Even then, Pell Grants and foster care funding gave me the opportunity to be the first in my entire extended family to go to college. It allowed me to focus on schooling without having to

Glad you’re here. If you haven’t already, I’ve found the ED researcher starter packs super helpful for who to follow!!