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Vanessa, Pre-PhD (is dissertating)✨
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Naijamerican | Counseling Psych PhD Candidate | NSF GRFP Fellow | Columbia Alum 🦁 | Podcaster | Powerlifter | Easily Excited Nerd | She/her
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New platform so this is my gentle reminder that this is not a “professional” account.

I’m just yapping about my life and a huge part of it happens to be grad school.

Imma yap about anything and everything I want.

Welcome!
I am knee deep in internship, postdoc apps, and finishing my dissertation. But just throwing into the void that I'm open to dreaming/thinking up something for APA if anyone wants to collab!
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
MY DISSERTATION DATASET IS CLEANED

I REPEAT MY DATA IS FULLY CLEANED

WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY ENTERING THE DATA ANALYSIS PHASE
September 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The way I just started internship and already have to start thinking about and looking for postdoc opportunities? Like…wdym im on the job market!!!!
August 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
officialy closed data collection for my dissertation and while I seem to have a few bots - overall my dataset appears to be comprised of real people!!! I'm so incredibly grateful for everyone who participated :')
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Had yet another wonderful #APA2025. Got to co-create some beautiful spaces with dear friends and colleagues. And I also was honored to receive the Janet Hyde Graduate Research Award from APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
August 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Super excited to be presenting twice at #APA2025 this year! And even more excited to be facilitating these important spaces and conversations with wonderful colleagues turned friends.

I hope to see and connect with many of you at APA :)
July 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Potentially dumb question, but since I'm on internship year for conference badges do I put my affiliation as my phd program or as my current internship site?
July 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It’s been like one week but I am absolutely loving internship so far :’)
July 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Just finished season one of severance and wow yall really had to wait YEARS before the second season
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I've basically hit a third of my data collection goal for my dissertation study. I'm so deeply humbled and grateful for all the Black women of the diaspora who have taken the time to take my survey. This work means so much to me and i'm honored to be trusted by my community :')
May 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reflecting on my growth and journey as I prepare for this next transition

And once again generally apologizing to anyone who met me or had to regularly interact with me when I lived in MN. That was the absolutely worst/most depressed/ not put together version of myself 😂
May 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Please share widely! #NPSP supports people applying to Psychology PhD programs in the US, including students from underrepresented groups. We're accepting applications til May 23 for mentees (undergrads/postbacs) & mentors (grad students/postdocs)! z.umn.edu/NPSP25-26
NextGen Psych Scholars Program (2025-2026 mentor/mentee sign up) Year 6
The goal of NPSP is to cultivate long-term support structures between current underrepresented (e.g., BIPOC, first-gen, low-income, LGBTQIA+) graduate students and diverse undergrad or post-baccalaure...
z.umn.edu
April 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’ve officially launched my dissertation study! I hesitate to share the actual flyer and link on here bc I don’t wanna be overrun my bots. BUT it’s a study for Black, African, and Caribbean women who currently live in the states.
DM me for flyer and link!
April 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
How am I supposed to go to bed without knowing if Juju is okay!?!?
March 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Watching (women’s) March madness for the first time and these early match ups aren’t fair at all 😩
March 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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millennials will be like i know a banger and it's the reading rainbow theme song. and they're right
March 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Education is a right, not a privilege. Those weirdos in office are incorrect and lying to the public about the basics of government.
March 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My doctor suggested that I started taking iron supplements and…your girl has not taken a nap in over a week

I think I’d been anemic for years but just thought I was a sleepy girl ™️
March 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I matched at my top choice!! There are an endless list of people who have supported me and helped me get to this point. I’m so incredibly excited for this next phase in my training #APPICMatch
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This time tomorrow I’ll know where I matched
kermit the frog is looking at a green object
ALT: kermit the frog is looking at a green object
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February 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So…. Are those astronauts still up in space or?
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I need to start yapping on here more. I don’t yap on twitter really anymore but I’m still mad about how my h in changed and just ughhhh
January 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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But the price of eggs, am I right?
January 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I’m already seeing a softening of language of 47th’s administrative actions.
If we cannot call things as they are, we’re not going to be able to engage in the necessary collective action.
January 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pray for your therapist friends.
Pray for your friends who live in/near DC.
Pray for your therapist friends who work in DC and provide therapy to government workers and marginalized people in DC.

PRAY FOR ME Y’ALL
January 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM