don’t look like me, or self-identify the same way I do …you have kids or other family responsibilities …English isn’t your first language (being multilingual is an asset) …you’re older, or not ‘fresh’ out of college …your undergraduate numbers aren’t perfect …you have a disability …you have faced mental health problems or learning challenges …you’re from a small or underfunded college …you’re a person of religious faith …your parents didn’t go to grad school or college …somebody told you that you don’t belong in STEM …you don’t want to be a professor …you love science but you don’t know exactly what you want to be!