🎙𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐩. 𝟏𝟖 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟐/𝟏𝟒 ⁣⁣ I am happy to have been a guest speaker for the podcast series Dear Graduate Student. I got to share my story of being a 1st-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student being part of the 'COVID Cohort'.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 :⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🎙My experience accepting my PhD offer when COVID came into public awareness⁠.⁣⁣ ⁠⠀⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🎙To defer or not to defer?⁠⠀⁣⁣ ⁠⠀⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🎙Starting grad school (& getting licensed!) during the pandemic⁠.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🎙Dealing with racism and discrimination in academia.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🎙Connecting with my cohort & how to support students through next semester & onward⁠.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I would also like to thank my AMAZING mentor, Dr. Helen Hsu hellamentalhealth , for encouraging me to share my story for the podcast.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 :⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-grad-student/id1527870894⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Kindly follow ...