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Throughout my journey in academia and research, I’ve discovered that our experiences are significantly shaped by the social constructs of time. As a researcher specializing in time use, my academic journey has been interwoven with a parallel pursuit – advocating…
GYA Co-Chair Priscilla Kolibea Mante, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana I was Born in Accra, Ghana, to parents who were both teachers. Nonetheless, I hated going to school. My maternal grandmother always had to bribe me with…
Jane Yau (Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany) In Hong Kong, China, the little girl in the picture loved to learn at school and was very curious. In the village where she grew up, she loved to…
Dominika Latusek-Jurczak (Kozminski University, Poland) The sky’s the limit! That’s what the little girl in this picture firmly believed. But then she was told that there wouldn’t be many chances for her in life. The little girl had dreams, but…
Amarjargal Dagvadorj (Parliamentary Research Service, Mongolia) I was ten years old in this picture. At that time, only a few people had personal cameras in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. Those with cameras used to stand in the capital’s…
Ana Elizabeth Ochoa Sánchez (Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador) I was born on January 24, 1986 in a Latin family. My father is a doctor, and my mother is a primary school teacher. My brother was born four years later. I…
Ramia AL BAKAIN (University of Jordan) Success is to focus on your positives, and to make your strengths stronger and stronger. Since I entered primary school, I have hoped to put a positive imprint on this world through science, which…
Fatin Aliah Phang (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) I am a Chinese descendant, born in Sarawak, Borneo Island, and access to education – particularly science education – was considered a privilege when I was growing up. Due to racial tensions during the…
Flávia Ferreira Pires (Universidade Federal da ParaÃba, Brazil) Though my paternal grandmother was a school teacher who loves to read and write poetry, my maternal grandmother could barely read and write. Both grandmothers were from a generation where schooling was…
by GYA Executive Committee member Anna Harris (University of Maastricht, Netherlands) (Note: Many thanks to GYA Senior Communications Officer Jim Curtiss for his collaboration on this post.) Facing a paywall A few years ago while I was precariously positioned…
I was born 35 years ago in a rural community of just a few dozen inhabitants in Michoacán, Mexico. I was fortunate that my parents encouraged me to be curious, and read books, many books! When I was a child,…
It is nice to be a woman and a scientist, but it is really hard. I am a mother of two beautiful kids, a girl, and a boy. That little girl in the picture is me (at 4 years old)…