Establishing My Personal Brand
Learning is something I’ve always been drawn to. Throughout school, I wondered why my teachers asked certain questions on exams and hypothesized why certain classmates knew answers but others didn’t. It was this passion for learning that led me to study neuroscience and behavior for my bachelor’s degree. I wanted a degree that challenged me academically and taught me how the human brain worked as it learned. Well, I got it. I enjoyed learning about learning so much that I chose to earn my master’s and PhD in educational psychology. Almost all the questions that I’d wondered during my early school days were answered through courses, educational research, and real-world experiences. I had finally found my calling and loved every minute of it. One of my career-defining experiences in graduate school was working in my institution’s center for teaching and learning. I created educational materials to support research-based pedagogies, facilitated webinars on teaching strategies, and co...