E.E. Just Undergraduate Fellow, Kwabena Asare '25, writes about his journey toward greater confidence as he is able to face his feelings of isolation and inadequacy as a young Black researcher starting out in a new lab. He describes how his persistence, some useful mentoring, and being among other first-year researchers of color in the E.E. Just Community helped to support him as he gained experience and self-belief.
Read his piece in the jourmal Science, "To Tackle My Imposter Syndrome, I Connected with Other Scientists of Color"