From the Field: Five Career Strategies That Transformed the Trajectories of Diverse STEM Professionals
Career advancement in STEM rarely follows a straight line, particularly for scientists navigating institutions that were not designed with them in mind. We spoke with SACNAS members and early-career researchers from underrepresented communities to identify the strategies that made a measurable difference — not in theory, but in practice. What follows are five approaches, grounded in real experience, that you can begin implementing today.