Latina STEMinars

Join us in this weeks episode where we talk about the different pathways that you can take when pursing an advanced degree! 🧬🧠

Tune in to this weeks episode as we dive deeper into 6 things we wish we know before starting our first year of graduate school! 🧠🧬

This week, we’re talking all about our college experiences—what worked, what didn’t, and if there’s really such a thing as a ‘right’ path through undergrad! 🧬✨🧠

Tune in this week to learn more about graduate seminars and their impact they can have on other researchers research!

Join us this week to talk about the struggle of constantly doing more and more things, but never taking a moment to actually recognize all that you have done and be in the moment!

We did it we passed our first important milestone for our Ph.D.! The qualifying/preliminary exam is the first milestone/exam we have to pass to continue on our Ph.D. Journey! Tune in to hear more about our experiences!

We are back guys!! Sorry we disappeared there for a bit so many things were going on at the end of the semester so grad school just got the better of us but don’t worry we are back. Tune in to this weeks episode as we give a breakdown on how the 1st year of grad school went for us and things that happened that we didn’t really expect!

Join us in today’s episode as we talk about where we have been and what we have been up to! 🧬

Join us this week to talk more about how recruitment weekend went for both of us and also get an inside scoop on what it looks like from behind the scenes! 🧠

Decision deadline is right around the corner, tune in this week to hear how we choose our phd programs and some tips to help you choose the right program for you! 🧠🧬

Join us this week as we talk more about how to find your research niche and how exactly we found/discovered our research niche. 🧬🔬

This week, we dive into navigating various types of relationships, from personal to professional. We share our personal experiences, including managing long-distance friendships and building new working relationships. 🧠🧬

Join us this week to get insight on one of the first exams you will have to take during your graduate journey! 🧬

In this episode we dive deeper into questions that we asked during the interview process that helped us ultimately decide the lab/advisor that was the best fit for us. 🧬

Are you nervous about moving to another state or how you will find community/friendship? This episode we dive in some tips on finding your community and building long lasting friendships! 🧬

Join us for this week episode as we discuss about our tips and tricks to acing your graduate school interview!

Come along with us to give you a quick recap of our highs, lows and challenges we faced during our first semester! 🧬✨

Tune in this week to hear our perspective on mentorship! We go deeper into how we found it, how we give it and how it’s impacted our lives! We hope you enjoy this week’s episodes. ✨

Tune in to hear the recap of the conferences that we got to attend and some great lessons that we learned! ✨

This week we wanted to dive deeper into our experiences dealing with imposter syndrome and how we try to combat it. Imposter syndrome is more common than people think and an important topic to bring awareness in. Tune in to get a better insight on our experiences with imposter syndrome!

This week we dive deeper into preparations we did before attending a conference! Highlighting the upcoming SHPE National Convention! Tune in to hear more about how to format your resume, do an elevator pitch, ace an interview and just network in general!

We highly recommend to get involved with organizations as an undergraduate, graduate and professional. We hope that they help you grow professionally just like they helped us!

So far graduate school has been an emotional roller coaster. In this weeks episode we discuss our day to day life, mental health, personal growth and diversity and inclusion.

Applying or going to graduate school is not a light decision. Although it sounds like an exciting opportunity to further your education, it can sometimes involve misconceptions. In this week's episode we bust some of the graduate school myths!

Its that time of year! Graduate application submission will come a lot faster than one may think. In this weeks episode we discuss what the application process was like for us and recommendations we have for others.

Tune in as we talk about our academic journeys and what led us to pursue a graduate degree!

In this first episode, meet your hosts, Ana and Jackie, two Latina Ph.D. students in biomedical engineering. We'll introduce the podcast and share what to expect—our journeys in STEM, tips for future scientists, and insights into navigating academia as Latinas in engineering.