In Week 5 of the AdaMarie Career Accelerator, Camille Smith opened with a truth many people learn the hard way: no one is automatically tracking your goals, your growth, or what you want next.

Camille Smith shares a candid reflection on learning to advocate for yourself early in your career, from getting clear on what you want to documenting your impact and making intentional asks. She reframes self-advocacy as a skill you can build over time, not a trait you either have or don’t.

AdaMarie Expert Kima Sargsyan explores how a simple shift in thinking can make AI tools significantly more useful by focusing on problem definition, audience clarity, and iteration. By borrowing principles from product teams, she shows how better thinking leads to better outputs.

In this Week 4 2026 Accelerator session, Dr. Victoria Farris explores how emotional intelligence shapes leadership, team dynamics, and decision-making in STEM. The replay offers practical ways to build self-awareness, navigate stress, and show up more effectively in complex workplace situations.

Explore key takeaways from AdaMarie’s Career Accelerator with She’kia Morant on personal branding for early-career STEM professionals. Learn how to articulate your experience, build a clear professional narrative, and turn non-linear career paths into a strategic advantage.

Learning how to be the person who can stay calm and not get sucked into contagious emotions is a key ingredient to effective leadership at any level.

2026 AdaMarie Fellow Avni Mohan shares how exploring beyond traditional software engineering led her to a path in AI, data science, and machine learning. Her story highlights the value of curiosity, interdisciplinary learning, and building a career that connects technical skills to real-world impact.

In Week 2 of the AdaMarie Career Accelerator, Kinta Gates shares a grounded perspective on navigating career growth without a linear roadmap. This recap explores key themes around visibility, influence, and recognizing patterns in your experience while inviting readers to watch the full replay inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

If you’ve been feeling anxious about resumes, unsure how to talk about your experience, or stuck in the spiral of applying for jobs without hearing back, this conversation offered something better than generic advice. It gave members a sharper way to think about their skills, their stories, and the value they bring.

Choosing between two career paths can feel overwhelming, especially early in your career. In this reflection, Kinta Gates explains how focusing on your values, recognizing your “assignment,” and embracing exploration can help you navigate career crossroads with clarity and purpose.

In a recent fireside chat, Boomie Odumade shared reflections on mentorship, curiosity, flexibility, and navigating the moments when you’re not sure what comes next in your STEM Career. The full replay is now available inside the AdaMarie Professional Network (APN).

AdaMarie's Director of Business Operations Nancy Fallon sat down with AdaMarie Expert Marie Libres, Product Designer and Founder of Daughters Studio, for an honest, practical conversation about one of the most underrated professional skills: communicating your value without feeling like you're performing it.

In this reflection, Career Accelerator Expert She’kia Morant explores how personal branding is built through everyday interactions, reliability, collaboration, and the way you show up in professional spaces. For early-career STEM professionals, the strongest brands are not built through constant self-promotion but through trust, consistency, and curiosity.

Many professionals prepare endlessly for interviews but forget the most important question: Is this actually the right place for me to grow? Accelerator Expert Kristy McCann explores how to approach interviews as a mutual evaluation, recognize unhealthy dynamics early, and ask questions that reveal what working somewhere will really be like.

Rising STEM professionals are often seen as reliable but not always visible, especially women and people of color. In this Q+A, Dr. Carmen Banks unpacks what visibility really means, how systems and culture shape who gets seen, and why excellent work alone isn’t enough.

AdaMarie Expert Boomie Odumade offers 10 grounded tips for navigating a STEM career without a rigid five-year plan.

Most resumes read like job descriptions instead of proof of impact. In this piece, Kristy McCann Flynn draws on 20+ years in HR to show early-career professionals how to move from listing responsibilities to demonstrating results. If you want to understand how recruiters actually read resumes and how to position yourself with confidence—this is required reading.

In this AdaMarie Mirror, She’kia Morant reflects on building a career at the intersection of brand, culture, and leadership without waiting for everything to be figured out first. She shares how curiosity, adaptability, and trust in her perspective shaped her path, and why action, not certainty, is what drives growth.

Brooke Grindlinger is a 2026 AdaMarie Expert and Chief Scientific Officer at the New York Academy of Sciences, where she leads interdisciplinary programs, global prize initiatives, and efforts to responsibly integrate AI into science and education. In this Mirror, Brooke reflects on pivoting from bench research to science philanthropy, building impact through systems, and learning to advocate for yourself when the path forward isn’t obvious.

Kinta Gates is a systems thinker, supply chain leader, and certified life coach whose career spans more than two decades across engineering, operations, and end-to-end planning. In this AdaMarie Mirror, she shares how a non-linear path became a strategic advantage, the role culture and upbringing played in shaping her standards, and why self-mastery is what sustains long-term success in STEM.