Rebecca Searles

How To Be A Person In Science (And Other Areas)

• TRY EVERYTHING• There are probably many “right” paths for you• It’s not about doing what you love, it’s about finding it

How do I know which career path to choose?

• There are MANY alternative careers for science lovers

• Talk to people in other careers, get outside of the university

• Your science background will help you in almost any career

What if I don’t want to do research?

• Science is a highly-structured, but imperfect system

• Science is for EVERYONE• Diversity is good for science (and just about

everything)

What if I don’t feel like I belong here?

• Find more than one mentor

• Everyone can be a mentor for someone

• Becoming a mentor is more useful for the mentor than you might expect

Find Mentors, Become A Mentor

• Find a women’s group, or group of people similar to you

• If it doesn’t exist yet, start one

Find Your People

Women’s Futurist Collective

• Join our Private Facebook group

• Follow us on Medium and Twitter! onthefuture.co