Her Stem Story

Our guest today is "The Guru of Grad Self Care" on Instagram and a Neuroscientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne. For the next 2 weeks, the show will be hosted by a very special guest, Katherine Hatcher, she is a STEM Advocacy Institute fellow and is launching her very own podcast in August. I had the honor of mentoring Katherine in podcasting and now of interviewing her. Listen on to learn about her STEM Story, In this episode we discuss: 1) Katherine's research in Circadian Rhythm. 2) How she started her Grad Self Care IG Account? 3) How she organically grow her IG account in a short time? 4) What will she be talking about in her takeover in the next 2 weeks? 5) Finally, what her upcoming podcast is all about?   Links: www.instagram.com/gradselfcare www.instagram.com/endocrinepod Support us: www.herstemstory.com/supportus    

Our guest today is "The Fairy God Mother of SciCommers", Christine Liu. Christine is the co-founder of Two-Photon Art, a science-art online store and the founder of The STEM Squad, an online community to support and promote people who identify with a historically marginalized gender.   Currently a 5th year PhD candidate at UC Berkeley in Neuroscience. Christine graduated with a Biology and Psychology double major from the University of Oregon in 2014. Her organizations and outreach work focuses on promoting Science and scientists. With her work, she issues micro-grants, creates resources and artfully promotes inclusion in STEM across her 15k plus social media following. Listen to Christine's amazing STEM story. In this episode we discuss: 1) Christine's experiences of growing up as a first-generation immigrant in America. 2) How she paid for school and found a way to make STEM accessible for herself through budgeting and planning? 3) How she's using her love for art to advocate that science is for everyone? 4

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life. https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website. -- Our guest today, Juniper Grimes is a transgender conservation Paleoecologist at Oregon State University. She moved to Oregon from Grapevine, TX, largely in part so that she could transition in a more progressive region of the country. Since moving to Oregon she still had her fair share of obstacles, but despite it all, she persevered. She believes, as more and more queer scientists are respected for their work and are given support, they can continue to break down barriers and challenge the single story of who can be a scientist.

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life. https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It’s rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website.   Our guest today is Vishakha Mallya, a computer scientist, a model, an aspiring Venture Capitalist and is breaking many stereotypes through her work. She identifies as a pansexual individual, which makes her a triple minority in STEM. Vishakha currently is a contractual consultant to startups all over the world and has an internship at PROS, an AI-powered e-commerce algorithmic strategy firm in Houston, TX and is completing her degree. Listen to learn more about her amazing stem story. Links: IG: https://instagr.am/VishakhaMallya YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBtThIjmC7VJx9VH9oGuYIQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life. https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources ---- Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website.   Our guest today, Maya DeGrood is a biochemist who is going on to study Interdisciplinary Oncologist at the University of British Columbia, BC, Canada. She is passionate about finding a cure for cancer and understanding the difficulties of the healthcare system. Maya is an advocate for inclusivity for the LGBTQ community in STEM fields. Listen to Maya's real STEM story. Links: www.instagram.com/molecularmaven Support Us: www.patreon.com/herstemstory    

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life.  https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources ---- Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website. To celebrate Pride Month, we decided to celebrate the stories of LGBT people in STEM fields. Our guest today is a pioneer in advocating for Queers in STEM.  With his organization Queers in STEM, Robert Ulrich is demanding for a more inclusive stem community. Rob is currently pursuing his PhD in biology or chemistry at UCLA and is also a writing consultant. His story is filled with challenges and how he overcame them from growing up in a Catholic town in Virginia to creating his own organization to support LGBT community in LA.   Links: www.twitter.com/robertnulrich www.twitter.com/QueersinSTEM www.twitter.com/cdls_ucla

Our guest today is a single mom of four kids, a PhD in Genetics and is now pursuing academic editing full time. Isabel Torres is an inspiring mom in STEM. She runs an editing consultancy and a fantastic blog called prettysmartscience.com where she shares resources and highlights women in STEM. From finding her unique path in cell biology to being a stay at home mom & being a fulltime Science communicator Isabel has evolved a lot in STEM. Let’s talk to Isabel to learn more about her fabulous STEM story.    Links:    www.mothersinscience.com   www.instagram.com/prettysmartscience   Support us on Patreon   https://www.patreon.com/Herstemstory    

Our guests in this special episode are two amazing leaders that are leading their business with Diversity & Inclusion at the forefront of everything they do! Today we are talking to Kevin Grigg, CEO and Ted DeSantos, Business Line Leader of Community Business. of Fuss & O'Neill, a New England Based Civil & Environmental Engineering Consultancy. 1/3rd of their employees are women.  This company and its leadership are incredibly motivated to promote diversity & inclusion in many unique ways including setting up a Parent Task Force, that allows parents working at the company to have the best possible support. Kevin & Ted share with us, why this is so important to them and to their organization and how men can support women & minorities in STEM fields.    Links:  https://www.fando.com Work for this amazing company- https://www.fando.com/careers/ Support Our Patreon- www.patreon.com/herstemstory    

Our guest today, Sonal Bhadane is a Medical Physicist and works in the radiation therapy industry. When she is not saving lives from cancer, she is a mother to a 2-year-old son. She grew up in India & Canada and now lives in Middleborough, UK. Her story is about her experiences of being an immigrant as a teenager, how she pivoted from being a radiation therapist to following her curiosity to go behind the scenes on how these machines work. She has MSc Biomedical Physics, BSc Medical Radiation Science and a Diploma in Radiation Therapy. She talks about how she manages to be a mom in STEM and being a superstar at work! She also runs an Instagram account to promote scicomm, and is launching a "Moms in STEM" support community soon. Listen to this episode to learn more about Sonal's amazing STEM story.   Links:  www.instagram.com/talkingscience Support Our Patreon- www.patreon.com/herstemstory Buy our merchandise -  https://www.redbubble.com/people/herstemstory/shop      

Our guest today, Lindsey Fitzsimons graduated with an MS in Clinical Excercise Physiology and is currently working on her PhD in Biomedical science at the University of Maine. She is also an instructor for first-year medical students at the University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine. She became a mom in 2017 and went into labor during her PhD qualifying exam. Her story is filled with transitions and how she overcame struggles of being a mother in academia. Listen now to Lindsey's POWERFUL STEM story. Full transcript: www.herstemstory.com Links: www.instagram.com/LAF_in_the_lab; #mamasinscience #lafinthelab Sponsored By: www.amorsuiclothing.com    

Presenting our Moms in STEM series! In this series, we will learn how women are maneuvering their career path in STEM! Brought to you by our AmorSui Clothing, this 4 episode series will highlight moms in STEM.   Born in Portugal, Raquel Nuno and her family moved to the US when she was 11. Raquel was always interested in science but life had other plans and she joined the US Air force, supported her family when her father fell sick and after the air force, found her way into STEM through community colleges in LA. Today she is working on her PhD in Planetary Geology at UCLA and is working on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. She has two sons and both were born during her grad school years. Listen to this episode to learn more about her INCREDIBLE STEM story. Links:   https://www.instagram.com/thespacegeologist/   https://twitter.com/RaquelNuno   http://raquelnuno.com/   Sponsored by    https://amorsuiclothing.com      

Our guest today is changing how women dress up in the labs, with her company Amoursui Clothing. Beau Wangtrakuldee is the founder of Amoursui Clothing and is creating stylish protective wear for women working in labs across the globe. Originally from Thailand, Beau moved to the US for college education and has a PhD in Biochemistry and along with running her business she works as a consultant. Let's talk to Beau's Stylish STEM story.   Today's episode is sponsored by Amoursui Clothing, tune in to get the special discount code to this amazing clothing store.    Links:   https://www.amorsuiclothing.com   www.instagram.com/amorsuiclothing   For Full Transcript: www.herstemstory.com            

Our guest today Arjita Sethi graduated with a degree in Physical therapy from India and moved to the US to embark on a mind-blowing startup journey. From starting her vocational school in India at age 16 to winning a startup competition sponsored by Elon Musk.  Arjita is the co-founder/CEO of Equally, a Public Benefit Corporation with a purpose to improve access to equal education and equal opportunities for everyone. It's the first product is School of Games, an 18 month long, early childhood, literacy game that teaches vocabulary and numeracy to children between the ages of 3 to 5 years in the low income families. Listen to her TEDx San Francisco Talk here. Arjita completed her masters in social entrepreneurship from Hult international Business School. To see more, please visit her Linkedin Profile. ---- Donate To Support Our Show https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/TheSTEMAdvocacyInstitute/HerSTEMStory_Podcast  

YAYY! This is our 50th episode and we are introducing our team members, reflecting on the past episodes, and we talk about what's in store for our show. Brittany, Katherine & Sophie discuss their roles on the team, their favorite episodes, what they have learned from the show and WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR SHOW. They discuss how the show is COLLECTING STORIES & CONNECTING PEOPLE. Finally, we discuss what's next for the show and this platform.  Sophie Okolo, Twitter Manager Sophie is a Scientist, Science Writer and community trailblazer on social media.  www.twitter.com/sophieokolo Brittany Trinh, Branding Manager Brittany has a Bachelor's in Chemistry & is currently working in the industry. She is a passionate SciCommer.  www.instagram.com/brttnytrnh Katherine Hatcher, STEM Advocacy Fellow Katherine Hatcher is a PhD Candidate in Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a SciComm  www.instagram.com/gradselfcare Suchi, Illustrator Suchi is a Digital Designer, Doodler

Knowing your worth can be challenging for most women in STEM fields, but it's the most important thing you can do to catapult your confidence and your career in the right direction. Our Guest today, Lauren Hasson is working passionately to bridge the wage gap in STEM fields with her company DevelopHER. Lauren is a Techie herself, she is a keynote speaker, entrepreneurs & a fellow podcaster. Let's talk to her and learn more about her amazing STEM story.   Link: https://developher.com Lauren's Online Course:- https://developher.com/negotiate/    

Ever wondered why media promotes gender stereotypes and how that affects our view of the world around us? Our guest today Nitasha Syed is a computer engineer in Silicon Valley. She couldn't figure out why women in the mainstream media were always boxed into stereotypes like 'popular, pretty girl' or the 'smart, ugly nerd'. She needed to break the notion that being good at one thing doesn't mean that you had to be bad at the other. So to showcase the beauty of intelligence, she created Unboxd - a digital platform that shares the voices of inspiring women who are changing our world. Listen to Nitsha's beautiful STEM story.   Links: https://www.instagram.com/beunboxd http://www.beunboxd.com  http://www.herstemstory.com    

Our guest today is working really hard to cure cancer with Nanotechnology. Joy Wolfram is the Lead at Mayo Clinic's Nanomedicine and Extracellular Vesicles Lab. Joy has a B.S. in biology, University of Helsinki, Finland; M.S. in biology, University of Helsinki, Finland; PhD in nanoscience and technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. She was also an Amgen Scholar & has gone to author over 40 publications and received more than 25 scientific awards from seven different countries, including being listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 in healthcare. In this episode, we discuss Joy's work, her outreach work & her very interesting experience with Amgen Scholars Program.    Links:  http://www.amgenscholars.com/ https://twitter.com/WolframJoy Lab Page: https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/nanomedicine-extracellular-vesicles TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uylg8j2-Qr4 https://www.linkedin.com/in/joywolfram https://twitter.com/AmgenFoundation Parent Organization: www.stemadvocacy.org

Our guest today is Lakshmi Ramachandran completed her PhD in cell and molecular biology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, SUNY Buffalo. She passionately worked in drug discovery before facing some personal struggles, taking a break from science and then coming back after 2 yrs. Re-entry was more challenging then she expected and this forced her in the direction of advocating for women in STEM. Today she lives in Singapore & is an author, a professional science communicator and a professional speaker. Lakshmi & her husband also bravely rescued her neighborhood during India's worst floods in 2018. Let's talk to Lakshmi to uncover her amazing STEM story.    Links:  https://storiesinscience.org/2017/09/23/unconventional-yet-common-science-career-path/ Connect with Lakshmi: www.linkedin.com/in/lakshmiramachandranphd   Lakshmi's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Roomies-Foodies-Cooking-Students-Abroad-ebook/dp/B0196UDNYE  

To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, we are sharing the journey of Teresa Ambrosio. From her mental health struggles, growing up in a small village in southern Italy to achieving an international scholarship in the UK, Teresa's story is inspirational in every way! She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, UK & is also a small business owner. Teresa has an impressive social media following on Instagram & her scicomm efforts are phenomenal! She advocates about mental health, self care and breaking gender stereotypes in STEM through her social media.  Listen to Teresa to learn more about her amazing STEM story.    Links: www.teresaambrosio.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/PhdToSuccess Donate to our show as little as $1: https://herstemstory.com/donate/  

Our guest today leads the NASA Orion Crew Module Antenna Team (NASA’s crewed mission to Mars). Renee Frohnert graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn-State, & is finishing up her Masters' Degree in Systems Engineering from Cornell University. She hopes to inspire other women to pursue STEM fields. She travels to school to teach Space and STEM through the Junior Achievement Program. Since her college days, Renee has worked in setting up resources for fellow women, she has worked on building communities and she continues to do so via social media. Listen to this episode to learn about Renee's incredible STEM story.   Links: www.instagram.com/spacewomantv www.spacewomantv.com