Its world mental health day, and I have a very special guest to add onto the series of mental health awareness in academia. Her name is Nikita Ghodke and she is one of the most inspirational person I know of. Identifying as a disabled woman in STEM whilst being diagnosed with BPD- she has been extremely vocal about her struggles as a disabled woman in STEM and currently is a RA at Harvard University. The link to her webpage is below along with some references used in conversation-
1. Webpage - https://www.nikitaghodke.com/
2. References- https://indiatogether.org/stem-gap-women
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-nobel-gender-gap-widens-as-no-women-awarded-science-prizes-180978835/
As always, Thank you for listening my dear listeners and letting me being the voice of you. This mental health day lets vow to make mental health a priority- keep a check on us and take care of our minds and bodies- they're given to us only once <3.
All my love
Mahima
