"Put your oxygen mask on"
from Life After Caltech Hosted by Orchid Initiative
Pallavi Gunalan (Venerable House ’11, Bioengineering and English) left a PhD program to pursue stand-up comedy and writing. In this raw and funny conversation, Claire and Mason talk with her about mental health, leadership during crisis, and what it means to find your voice—on stage and beyond Caltech. Content note: some discussion of suicide and mental health.
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