Imposter Syndrome and Women of Color: How race and gender stereotypes impact high achieving women
By Kim Nguyen Illustration by Jon McCormack I’m in my fourth year of a Ph.D. program and have been harboring a shameful secret – that I am not smart enough to be here and that one day, all my professors and fellow students will realize that I don’t belong. I’m pretty sure I was just lucky to have snuck in – like I have with nearly everything I’ve done. I’ve never talked about this, not even with my closest friends. But I’ve started to realize that I’m not alone. I’ve heard ot