Ep. 122: Dr. Monet Roberts
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Dr. Monet Roberts
PhD. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
Black people have been marginalized and disadvantaged throughout history, but instead of allowing this to make you feel like you are not capable or worthy of greatness, let it instead fuel you and inspire you and motivate you to face up to every challenge that is thrown at you. That is the message that Dr. Monet Roberts has to share with us today. As a student who struggled with math, with a school supervisor who didn’t see the potential in her, Monet now holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering. In today’s episode, Monet talks about the people who helped get her to this point, her passion for helping others excel on their own journeys, and the fascinating cancer research that she is involved with. Monet knows all about impostor syndrome, and she opens up about the strategies that she utilizes to overcome that feeling that is all too common amongst people doing exceptional work. Don’t ever surrender your potential to the limited imaginations of others; believe in yourself, be audacious and lift others as you climb.
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Key Points From This Episode:
Monet’s educational background.
What and who sparked Monet’s interest in pursuing a PhD.
The focus of Monet’s dissertation in the biomedical engineering field.
Work that Monet is now involved with as a postdoc.
Monet uses hair shedding as an analogy for microvesicles that cause cancer.
Why Monet feels that it is so important to communicate with lay people about what is going on in the science fields.
What Monet wanted to be when she was growing up.
The goal of biomedical engineering, and the personal circumstances that edged Monet towards this field.
How Monet met her mentor, Dr. Platt, and how he changed her life.
Advice about finding research opportunities.
Monet shares her thoughts about impostor syndrome and her own experience of it.
Celebrating the small wins; something Monet does every day.
Why we should always be transparent about our failures and our worries.
Challenges that come with being Black in America.
Math struggles that Monet had throughout school.
Some inspiration for you to keep pursuing your goals.
How Monet made the decision to go to Cornell, after being accepted to four different programs, and some of the reasons she loved it so much.
The purpose that drives Monet.
An unforgettable moment in Monet’s life where she was judged based on preconceived ideas, and how her parents advocated for her.
Believe in yourself, be audacious, and lift others as you climb.
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