# @life_and_sunshine on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHjVhslzg - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63278960-life-and-sunshine-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ea1cc0da4f.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-08-11T15:58:11.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Nat β˜€οΈ (@life_and_sunshine) β€” https://gondola.cc/life_and_sunshine ## Caption Hold tight, you’re slowly coming back to life πŸ”‹ That’s me! πŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ The scientist πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ but I didn’t always know I wanted to be a scientist πŸ˜… I was a creative kid who loved dancing and fashion and beauty πŸ’„ So when we moved to America I figured, might as well go for that dream πŸŒ™ β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ But I quickly realized that industry was not full of my kind of people πŸ˜… I was also terribly shy which probably added to that πŸ˜‡ But I found biology in high school 🧬 and after that I couldn’t let it go πŸ€“ I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do with it 😊 But I figured it would lead me somewhere πŸ˜ƒ β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ It wasn’t until I did my masters internships that I realized laboratory science 🧫 and research were really for me πŸ”¬ But I quickly found that the type of job that seemed most interesting to me (being a scientist) required a PhD πŸ˜… So I decided to do that πŸ˜ƒ And I finished it spectacularly πŸŽ‰ although not without difficulties πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ This led me to say goodbye to academia and start working in industry πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ and here I am! A scientist in the R&D department at a pharmaceutical company 😁 I’ve found my work-life balance and found some motivation to work again in general 😊 So I am very happy 🀩 β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ β˜€οΈ #phd #abriefhistory #history #mystory #phdstudentlife #phdstudentsofinstagram #phdjourney #scientist #womeninscience #steminist #nerdgirls #labcoat #labcoats #girlsinstem ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 1,711 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 77 ## Tags phdstudentsofinstagram, phd, mystory, scientist, womeninscience, steminist, phdjourney, history, phdstudentlife, labcoat, nerdgirls, labcoats, girlsinstem, abriefhistory --- Copyright (c) Gondola