W in STEM

“Even when you feel like you aren't the "right" one for the job, do it anyways. No matter how it ends up, you will expand your horizons,...

Have a career in academia isn’t easy; there are tight deadlines and pressures unique to this career path. This holds true regardless of...

Growing up with 4 older brothers who were all honors students (like me), I learned that I could choose to follow any pathway I chose,...

Shortly after I became a faculty member at Duke University, I was invited to participate in an advisory board of experts based on my...

My motto is “You Reap What You Sow.”  I picked it up when I was a physician-in-training and gave a talk on a young woman who had terrible...

As an immigrant to the US coming over from Poland with my family as a child, one might think that my chances of succeeding in STEM or in...

I built my career on merit, not on my gender. Math and sciences were like a game to me, so entering engineering seemed a natural move. I...

To be successful, you'll face many rejections, failures, and times when you have no idea what you're doing. What's important isn't to...

1) Always remember that you are often your own harshest critic. Looking back at my graduate work I always felt as thought I was not smart...

I was influenced by my grandmother who was married to an MD, and had 2 sons who were MD’s. She was sharp as a tack and had a desire to be...

When I was a sophomore at F&M, I joined a chemistry research lab for the first time. Dr. Marcus Thomsen was so intimidating and...

My quote for life is from Mikhail Baryshnikov, a famous ballet dancer: "I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to...

I would say to young girls who are interested in STEM (like myself several years ago): "Follow your dream and your passion. With...

My name is Cali Loblundo and I recently graduated from Villanova University. As a biochemistry major with hopes of medical school, I...