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El verano que supe que podía ser escritora científica
Charlene Rivera Bonet
  • Nov 14, 2021
  • 6 min

El verano que supe que podía ser escritora científica

Aprendí a poner a la audiencia primero pensando en lo que ellos quieren leer, y no en lo que yo quiero escribir.
The Summer I Knew I Could Be a Science Writer
Charlene Rivera Bonet
  • Nov 14, 2021
  • 6 min

The Summer I Knew I Could Be a Science Writer

I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.
What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests
Cydney Wong
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • 6 min

What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests

Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.
What Being Black Across the Diaspora Taught Me About Ecology
Kwasi Wrensford
  • Sep 17, 2021
  • 4 min

What Being Black Across the Diaspora Taught Me About Ecology

The inalienable fact of life being Black, as well as being an immigrant is building a home out of the unfamiliar.
Sometimes the Way Forward Is To Return To the Beginning
Luisirene Hernandez
  • Jan 27, 2021
  • 7 min

Sometimes the Way Forward Is To Return To the Beginning

I drifted away from Kiskeya and with it, part of myself.
In Search of Insight: A Chronological Dissection of My Mental Illness Journey
Kiara Sofia Vega Bellido
  • Dec 25, 2020
  • 8 min

In Search of Insight: A Chronological Dissection of My Mental Illness Journey

I was initially apprehensive of these ideas, given that I was so used to understanding myself as a patient of Major Depressive Disorder.
How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist
Shakira Quiñones-Lebrón
  • Sep 11, 2020
  • 6 min

How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist

We all sneeze from time to time, but if you sneeze 30 times a day, you know you’re sick.
What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino
Mani-Jade Garcia
  • Jun 28, 2020
  • 10 min

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

There is nothing more fragile in this world than a fragile White man—and that is, tragically, most of them.
Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League
Nicole E. Félix
  • May 30, 2020
  • 7 min

Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League

No puede ser, esto está mal. Era dirigido a otra Nicole. Ya mismo me llega otro email diciendo que fue un error.
Embrace the ‘Ands’
Claudia Lopez Lloreda
  • May 18, 2020
  • 4 min

Embrace the ‘Ands’

How would I be able to juggle these different identities—graduate student, writer, and Puerto Rican— without one infringing upon the other?
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