Work/Life balance
Mentors as both friends and role models
“If all my legacy is that I have produced one scientist, that’s enough for me.” – Elena Sparrow
Read MoreThe professional life
“I feel that a lot of younger people really don’t want to be faculty and don’t want to be scientists because they feel very fed-up with the system. And I am really worried about that.”
Read MoreA day in the life of a university scientist
“There’s a culture here of women, working moms, who are wanting to, outdoing each other, like, ‘Well I put the baby down at 8 but I still had to stay up until 2 in the morning to finish this grant.'”
Read MoreConnecting as scientists and mothers
“Our children would always ask questions and say oh, why can’t you say it this way? And so I realized that communication is very much a part of science.”
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