Status Updates From The Latinx Guide to Graduat...

Page 227. You can find ways to both do Bride school and pursue other important goals if you have a community of support and have done your homework to understand your options… Be all parts of you that you want to be and allow them to inform your educational commitment.

Page 199. Please don’t be the person who stops inviting the new parent to social gatherings because they are visibly pregnant or just had a baby. Please keep inviting them. They will probably say no, but stopping the invitations add another layer of punishment and isolation that is not cool…they will probably decline, but please make an effort not to ghost them!

Page 175. We are called to do this [mentoring students of color] work; we want to do this work; we are moved by this work and feel a responsibility to it; also, this work can be all-consuming.

Page 160. I would rather hear about it [mistake] in my advisor’s office, knowing she is trying to help me become a better scholar, than from some dude who stands up in Q&A at a conference after I have presented with a smirk on his face because he has a sound gripe about my work.

“let’s figure out how we can get ‘community people’ to participate in this thing that we are doing on campus” (Likely crafted with no actual community input because we do not seek true collaboration, but rather tokenistic representation)
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“Remember that your professional reputation is being formed from the time you start” (p. 143)

“…it would be disingenuous to pretend that those [biases, interests, positionality] do not impact research process. While there is no such thing as truly objective research or (and you should be worried anytime someone makes this claim), good researchers face steps, no knowledge during subjectivity and employment research practices that help to mitigate the impact of bias.” (P. 131)

Only 1 chapter in and very good so far! It is already making me ponder whether a master’s of public health or a master’s of science in nursing aligns better with my professional/personal objectives. This is something I would’ve never considered otherwise.

time to lock in

An excellent and needed book. Reads well, is relatable, and gives some real talk about the topic.