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How imposter syndrome isolates us from both worlds

My siblings think I'm stuck up since I got my PhD but really I feel like a fraud in academic spaces.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When we don't feel legitimate anywhere, we end up belonging nowhere.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Masks and personas we wear?”

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