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When competence can't compensate for cultural outsider status

I speak three languages fluently but I still feel like an impostor when I walk into rooms full of people who went to prep school together.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional skills and achievements may not grant access to the informal networks that determine true belonging in elite spaces.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social mobility and identity shift?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.