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Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy
@avispatica.bsky.social
🇨🇷Assistant Professor at University of Rochester. Social behavior and brain, host-parasite interactions, wasps, diversity in stem, dog & cat mom, coffee lover
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Wow, this really summarizes well what many of us go through to stay STEM trajectories
“There is a cost for success in STEM academia. The few minoritized people who seem to thrive might be doing what psychologists call ‘high-effort coping’” True words by Jean King, and gosh, do I not feel it.
Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour
Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creating psychological — and physical — effects. The scientific community must ease this burden. Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creatin...
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Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy
@avispatica.bsky.social
🇨🇷Assistant Professor at University of Rochester. Social behavior and brain, host-parasite interactions, wasps, diversity in stem, dog & cat mom, coffee lover
73 followers86 following4 posts