Finding Peace and Serving the STEM Community
On July 1, 2017, I celebrated my one-year anniversary as the Executive Director of the Marburger STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University located in Southfield, Michigan. One of my wonderful mentors asked me recently in an email, "Sibrina, did you truly ever imagine that you would have this type of institutional responsibility and role?" The answer to this question is not at all! I can honestly say that I am finally at peace. I am finally in a role that allows me to bring my full authentic self to a role. This is a lifetime opportunity that I am truly embracing. I am thankful. I recently talked about finding peace in my career during a Beyond the Bench: STEMulating Career Conversations podcast, hosted by Dr. Marquita Qualls. In this conversation, I emphasized the importance of learning to embrace career challenges. When did I know it was time to leave the bench and try something else? I knew it was time to leave the bench when I was denied tenure, which was hu