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The Only Perfect Career is the One You Create: Kristina Gatto on Giving Yourself Permission
Kristina Gatto challenges STEM professionals to stop waiting for permission, embrace unconventional career paths, and create careers that reflect their interests and ambitions. Watch her closing keynote from the 2026 AdaMarie Career Navigation Summit.
Stop Letting Other People Define What's Possible for You: Aisha Bowe on Building a Career on Your Own Terms
Former NASA aerospace engineer and citizen astronaut Aisha Bowe shares how she challenged self-doubt, pursued ambitious goals, and built a career on her own terms. Discover practical strategies for advocating for yourself, tracking your accomplishments, and taking the next step before you feel ready.
Working With AI: What It Means for Your STEM Career
In this post we look inside a 2026 Summit panel where four practitioners across research, healthcare, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship skip the hype and the doom to talk honestly about what AI means for your career, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
What Hiring Managers Really Look For: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Hiring Process
What actually happens to your resume after you submit it, and what are hiring managers really looking for once you’re in the room? In this post we look inside a 2026 Summit panel where three HR and talent leaders pull back the curtain on the hiring process, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Stop Waiting for the Door to Open: Priya Abiram on Building Your Own Path Into STEM
Breaking into STEM starts with more than submitting applications. In this Career Navigation Summit replay, aerospace engineer Priya Abiram shares how to build experience, find mentors, and create opportunities that move you closer to your career goals.
Exploring Career Opportunities in Science Nonprofits with Dr. Brooke Grindlinger
Your scientific training can open doors well beyond academia. In this Career Navigation Summit replay, Dr. Brooke Grindlinger explores science nonprofit careers, explains how to translate research experience into transferable skills, and shares practical steps for preparing to make a career pivot.
Steady: Dr. Victoria Farris on the Most Underrepresented Leadership Skill in 2026
Leadership isn't about staying calm in every situation. It's about knowing how to respond when pressure rises. In this Career Navigation Summit replay, Victoria Farris shares practical strategies for managing stress, staying grounded, and leading with intention when work gets chaotic.
Unspoken Rules: Dr. Carmen Banks on the Hidden Curriculum of Career Advancement in STEM
In school the rules are clear, but the workplace runs on a hidden curriculum of unspoken rules that determine who actually gets ahead. In this post we look inside Dr. Carmen Banks’ 2026 Summit workshop on the hidden curriculum of career advancement in STEM, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
How You Show Up Matters: Dr. Shy Brown on Confidence, Character, and Career Growth
Technical skills get you in the door, but how you show up — your soft skills, transferable skills, and character — is what determines how far you go. In this post we look inside Dr. Shy Brown’s 2026 Summit workshop on building the confidence and character to advance your STEM career, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Career Building vs. Ladder Climbing: Marie Libre on Building a Career That’s Yours
Marie Libres did everything right — the grades, the degree, the climb — and still got laid off three times, until she realized she didn’t need to move up, she needed to move forward. In this post we look inside her 2026 Summit workshop on building a career that’s authentically yours rather than climbing someone else’s ladder, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
From Individual Contributor to Leader: Boomie Odumade on What Nobody Tells You
Moving into leadership looks like a promotion, but it’s actually a completely different job category, and most people leap in without knowing that. In this post we look inside Boomie Odumade’s 2026 Summit workshop on the shift from individual contributor to leader and the mindset changes it demands, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
The Inside Pivot: Nadera Rahman on Changing Careers Without Changing Employers
Most career-change advice assumes you have to leave, but Nadera Rahman built four distinct careers without ever changing employers. In this post we look inside her 2026 Summit workshop on the “inside pivot” and the repeatable method behind it, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Navigating Power in the Workplace: Aneesa Valentine on the Influence You Already Have
When we picture a powerful person at work, we picture a title but a surprising amount of real influence has nothing to do with rank. In this post we look inside Aneesa Valentine’s 2026 Summit workshop on navigating power in the workplace and building the influence you already have access to, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Say Yes: Robin Burges on Opening Yourself Up to Unexpected Opportunities in Biopharma
Robin Burges set out to be a marine biologist and ended up leading global clinical trials by saying yes to opportunities she never saw coming. In this post we look inside her 2026 Summit workshop on opening yourself up to the unexpected in biopharma, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
The Power of the Pivot: Dr. Farnaz Abdollahi on Building a Career That Evolves
We were sold the straight-line career but real careers zigzag, and that’s where the opportunities get made. In this post we look inside Dr. Farnaz Abdollahi’s 2026 Summit workshop on navigating career pivots and staying essential in the age of AI, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Your Career Doesn’t Have to Fit in One Box: Camille Smith on Building a Career Ecosystem
We’re taught to treat a STEM career as a single ladder to climb, but your skills, interests, and relationships rarely fit inside one job title. In this post we look inside Camille Smith’s 2026 Summit workshop on building a “career ecosystem” that holds all of who you are, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Be the Bear: Inside the Hot Seat Panel at the 2026 Summit
A whole generation of women were quietly coached to stay small — the Hot Seat panel spent an hour on how to do the opposite. In this post we look inside the 2026 Summit's fan-favorite live panel on taking up space, interviewing with confidence, and navigating your first 90 days, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Who Gets the Advantage? Catharine Montgomery on AI, Equity, and Your Career
AI is changing who gets promoted, who becomes more valuable, and who gets left behind and the advantage isn't being distributed equally. In this post we look inside Catharine Montgomery's 2026 Summit closing keynote on making AI part of your career strategy while keeping your judgment at the center, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Your Legacy Starts Now: Renesha Davis on Building Wealth as a Woman in STEM
Building wealth and legacy isn't something you do at the end of your career; it starts with the choices you make today. In this post we look inside Renesha L. Davis's 2026 Summit session on building wealth, influence, and impact as a woman in STEM, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.
Making Your Case: Alessandra Garber on Positioning Your Research for Philanthropic Support
Fundraising probably wasn't part of your STEM career plan but as philanthropy funds more research, knowing how to make your case to donors is becoming essential. In this post we look inside Alessandra Garber's 2026 Summit session on positioning your research for philanthropic support, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.