EP28: From killing spiders to PhD in nanotech plus relationship troubles for an accomplished woman. Conversation with Janelle Edusei (Part 1) - a podcast by Nana Kwame

We have a conversation with Janelle Edusei a final year PhD student in nanotechnology in medicine. She talks about getting over 7 A and A* in GSCEs and getting As in A Levels. Growing up with a Jamaican mother and a Ghanaian father in London and how she actually ended up in University of London (UCL) to pursue a PhD in Nanotechnology. She talks about her dreams and aspirations. She does open up about the strugglers of dating when you are an ambitious and overachieving woman. The conversation also covered her journey to Ghana and her experience of racism and discrimination in the UK. Finally she advises others especially parents about how to help their daughters in the pursuit of science.

 

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