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Dr. Clara Mundia on the Cultural & Financial Challenges of Pursuing a Doctoral Degree as an International Student
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While navigating a doctoral degree program as a Black woman has its challenges, if you are an immigrant studying in the USA, this path can be even more difficult. Today we speak with Dr. Clara Mundia from Kenya who received her Ph.D. in Environmental Resources and Policy from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and now works as a research director for Dalberg in her home country. In this episode, we discuss what led her into the field of environmental resources and policy and why she chose to come to the US to pursue college and graduate school. She explains the culture shock she experienced in the USA, the challenges she faced with her advisor, and how she navigated single motherhood during graduate school while away from her family. In this inspiring conversation, she talks about how she overcame some of the cultural and financial challenges of being an African international student in college and grad school, as well as the difficulties of finding employment in Kenya when she returned “overqualified”. To hear her inspirational story as well as her valuable advice to anyone considering doing their doctoral degree outside of their home country, tune in today!
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