Just be yourself.

As a woman in cardiology, this is not so straightforward. Women have to constantly balance the dichotomy of warmth and competence. If you are warm, you are seen as less competent. If you are assertive, you are viewed as cold. How then, can you just be yourself?

I am a Black woman, a mother, and a cardiology fellow. Throughout my training, I have faced many challenges including sexism, racism, and prejudice in many forms. I also became a mother during an intensive part of my medical training. I resumed work in the intensive care unit 6 weeks post partum. This experience created layers of perspective for me and ironically, the challenges of being a new mother made the challenges of being a trainee seem less insurmountable. However, it also created another dimension of identity that I had to navigate.

做你自己。

作为心脏病学领域的女性，这并不是那么简单。女性必须不断平衡温暖和能力的二分法。如果你很热情，你会被认为不太能干。如果你是自信的，你会被认为是冷酷的。那么，你怎么能做你自己呢？

我是黑人女性、母亲和心脏病专家。在整个培训过程中，我面临着许多挑战，包括性别歧视、种族主义和多种形式的偏见。在我密集的医学培训期间，我也成为了一名母亲。我在产后 6 周恢复了重症监护病房的工作。这段经历为我创造了多层次的视角，具有讽刺意味的是，作为一名新妈妈的挑战让作为一名实习生的挑战似乎变得不那么难以克服。然而，它也创造了我必须驾驭的另一个身份维度。