Combating Imposter Syndrome as a Woman in STEM

Imposter syndrome is experienced by millions of people around the world cross-culturally and describes difficulty internalizing one’s accomplishments and instead attributing their success to other factors. Factors such as luck, timing, ‘some helped me,’ ‘I had connections’ are common examples,” writes Valerie Young in her award-winning book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It. While imposter syndrome can be experienced by anyone, it is a widespread problem for gender minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). It is easy to feel out of place when you are the only female student in a STEM class or the only scientists and engineers written about in your textbooks are male. <a href="https://medium.com/rediscover-steam/combating-imposter-syndrome-as-a-woman-in-stem-6be31b9d1d78">Click Here</a>