Grad School Femtoring: Inclusive Grad School Stories, Personal Development, and Productivity Tips for First-Gen BIPOCs
A podcast on thriving in graduate school for first-generation BIPOC students, offering insights on academic success, career development, mental health, and navigating diversity and inclusion in higher education.
344 episodes
3 days ago
The Signal Award-winning Grad School Femtoring Podcast provides first-generation BIPOC students and professionals with conversations about graduate school and growth to help you sustainably achieve your goals.
I’m your host, Dra. Yvette Martinez-Vu, a first-gen Chicana, mama, neurodivergent, and chronically ill grad school and productivity coach, consultant, author and speaker. For over fourteen years I’ve been empowering first-gen students of color along their personal and professional journeys, and I’m really excited to support you too.
Listen every Friday to solo and guest episodes where you’ll be listening in on inclusive grad school stories. You'll also learn more about grad school and academic success, career and professional development, personal development and mindset, productivity and time management, social justice and community building, wellbeing and mental health, money and financial literacy, first-gen student of color experiences, and more!
This podcast is a proud member of the Atabey & Co. Network. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and share this resource with a friend.
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The Signal Award-winning Grad School Femtoring Podcast provides first-generation BIPOC students and professionals with conversations about graduate school and growth to help you sustainably achieve your goals.
I’m your host, Dra. Yvette Martinez-Vu, a first-gen Chicana, mama, neurodivergent, and chronically ill grad school and productivity coach, consultant, author and speaker. For over fourteen years I’ve been empowering first-gen students of color along their personal and professional journeys, and I’m really excited to support you too.
Listen every Friday to solo and guest episodes where you’ll be listening in on inclusive grad school stories. You'll also learn more about grad school and academic success, career and professional development, personal development and mindset, productivity and time management, social justice and community building, wellbeing and mental health, money and financial literacy, first-gen student of color experiences, and more!
This podcast is a proud member of the Atabey & Co. Network. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and share this resource with a friend.
329: Creative Writing Beyond the MFA with Maceo Nafisah Cabrera Estévez
Grad School Femtoring: Inclusive Grad School Stories, Personal Development, and Productivity Tips for First-Gen BIPOCs
37 minutes 49 seconds
3 months ago
329: Creative Writing Beyond the MFA with Maceo Nafisah Cabrera Estévez
In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I speak with Maceo Nafisah Cabrera Estévez, a writer, book coach, editor, and co-founder of the Muslim Writer Salon. We discuss the realities of exploring creative writing beyond the MFA as BIPOC writers and what it means to thrive both within and outside of those institutional spaces.
Maceo shares her personal journey, from struggling through grad school and navigating the white literary canon, to building vibrant writing communities rooted in belonging, voice, and joy. She offers honest reflections on the limitations of MFA programs, especially for marginalized writers, and uplifts alternative ways to gain support, develop your craft, and build a writing career on your own terms.
We also discuss the business side of writing, the emotional labor of sharing your work, and the mindset shifts needed to sustain a creative practice. If you’ve ever wondered whether you really need an MFA, or how to build a writing life that honors your values, this conversation will speak directly to you.
Grad School Femtoring: Inclusive Grad School Stories, Personal Development, and Productivity Tips for First-Gen BIPOCs
The Signal Award-winning Grad School Femtoring Podcast provides first-generation BIPOC students and professionals with conversations about graduate school and growth to help you sustainably achieve your goals.
I’m your host, Dra. Yvette Martinez-Vu, a first-gen Chicana, mama, neurodivergent, and chronically ill grad school and productivity coach, consultant, author and speaker. For over fourteen years I’ve been empowering first-gen students of color along their personal and professional journeys, and I’m really excited to support you too.
Listen every Friday to solo and guest episodes where you’ll be listening in on inclusive grad school stories. You'll also learn more about grad school and academic success, career and professional development, personal development and mindset, productivity and time management, social justice and community building, wellbeing and mental health, money and financial literacy, first-gen student of color experiences, and more!
This podcast is a proud member of the Atabey & Co. Network. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and share this resource with a friend.
