Tag: confidence
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“Showing Up” to Work as a Latinx Professional
My introduction to how to show up to work as a Latinx professional first came from what I observed at home. Growing up, my father was what I believed to be the quintessential businessman. As a teenager, I helped him pack for business trips to places like China, Russia, Uganda, Haiti, and Switzerland. While he…
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From First-Gen Student to Whatever Comes Next: 5 Tips for Continuous Trailblazing
If you are a first-generation student approaching graduation, then you already know that your unique lived experience will endure when you cross the stage at commencement. You are the first in your family to graduate college and now you will be the first to seek a graduate degree or work in what society considers a…
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Imposter Syndrome: When Your Best Is Never Enough
You’ve finally landed that dream internship or received praise from your professor on that project you poured your heart and soul into over the last month when, just as you’re about to celebrate and breathe a sigh of relief, that feeling hits you. You know the one—the feeling that at any minute, someone is going to realize the truth. The truth that you’ve known…