It is my honor to announce that I have made history as the first black woman to receive a PhD in Physics from
@GeorgiaStateU
! During this journey I attained:
BS MATH
MS MATH
MS PHYSICS
MS Computer Science
PhD Astrophysics
I’m honored to say that I was selected as a US Delegate for Women in Physics! We were supposed to be conferencing in Melbourne, Australia this July. Unfortunately , it has been canceled due to the recent pandemic 😔 I still look forward to serving for the next 3 years!
I’ve been accepted into a prestigious Heliophysics AI/Machine Learning PAID fellowship this summer!! I applied for this two years ago, was rejected, put in some hard ass work and it has paid off!!
I was featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution! I was so exhausted when this pic was taken while I was at NASA JPL. I literally defended my PhD less than 24 hours before I got on a plane to Los Angeles! I hate this damn pic but I love the story!
I had the pleasure of giving two talks about my research at the Harvard-Smithsonian
@CenterForAstro
I’m tired but I had a time! I’m ready to come home! Here my new headshot that I created cuz I can’t afford to pay somebody to do it 😂
I was featured on
@NPR
, speaking about the recent X flare, its associated coronal mass ejection, the blackouts that it caused, and its associated solar storm that’s on its way as an after effect! No matter what that Atlanta accent gone peek thru 😂
3
@NASA
Internships
Frontier Development Lab Postdoctoral Summer Fellowship
Covered GSU Magazine, featured in yhe
@ajc
, spoke about space weather on the
@NPR
and other countless media and academic platforms!
Geomagnetic storms are caused from solar events on the sun. Some auroras were seen in Atlanta yesterday due to a G4/G5 storm, I spoke about this on
@NPR
. My accent is aggressively Atlanta but it is what it is 🤷🏽♀️. These images display these solar events in different wavelengths!
Here’s the true face of racism y’all...don’t matter who u are, what you’re doing, what u contribute to society, how brilliant you may be, how you dress, how you speak whether African American Vernacular or Standard American English...they only see one thing!!
I finally finished this app to help fund the rest of my PhD! Download the game, share, donate if you can!!
GoFundMe:
Apple:
Android:
CashApp: $IndiaATL
Choosing a life of research, especially in space sciences is not for the weak! You gotta have thick skin and push through. I got a rejection for funding from GSU, wait listed, and then accepted into my 3rd NASA program within a week. It’s not personal, it’s science! I love it!
This journey has been and continues to be a tough one...Thank you African American Women in Physics, Inc for coming through within 2 hours to fund the rest of my semester!!! Black women make things happen, survive the worst, stand up for our ppl, and are just flat out AMAZING!!!
I’m heading to
@NASAGoddard
for my 2nd (and last) NASA internship of my academic career. With the use of statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing I will be conducting HelioAnalytics! I’m on track to graduate with my PhD in Astrophysics next year!
I don’t tweet often but for those future investigators who are putting finishing touches on your FINESST Proposals we are almost there!! I’m pushing it all the way to 11:59pm 😂 Good luck!!
My cousin is a single mother perusing her PhD in a math I don’t understand. She’s a black, single mother who just won a NASA internship. However, they require that she pay for housing and travel upfront. Please feel free to share and donate. 🙌🏾
Congrats to my boo
@astronaia
she’s beautiful, brilliant, and has a bright future ahead of her!! Funding is not easy to get she had to work her ass off for this!! Congrats gorgeous!!
I’m shaking. Lil ole me is a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow. Last year I didn’t even apply because I just knew there was no way I could get it. Crazy things happen when you take a small step of faith! My God is absolutely incredible.
@astronaia
I’ve been feeling this way too…I want to quit my PhD program at times but I’m too deep in…I’ve been thinking about you…I know as black women ppl think we are so strong and because of that we never get the chance to be vulnerable…I’m tired 😢
@Ti_Enjoli
I go through the same thing and I put they ass in check!! I hate that we have to get nasty but that seems to be the only language mfs understand!!
I’ve watched
@abbydphillip
work literally nonstop during this election. I went to sleep at 1am last night, woke at 9am, ran errands got back at 3:30pm and saw her on CNN every time!!
@CNN
she needs a promotion!!! She needs her flowers!!
@__katrinarenee
I sure tf do!! I took my SO to several scientific conferences including AAS, SHINE, and on my NASA Internship! I took my daughter and sometimes my parents too!!
@livielivy
@That_Astro_Chic
@astronaia
After 3 long years I’m finally getting a full hysterectomy in a couple weeks so I’ll be down…but black women and medicine (or lack thereof) is a completely different convo…I’m thinking of writing an article about my experience…
@__katrinarenee
If you are getting a hotel room that your grant is paying for and you don’t have to share space with another student…bring yo ppl with u!!!
@astronaia
When will we know?? Omg you are so beautiful!! We really need to do a photoshoot together!! Break the fuckin internet!! Let me know if you’re interested!!
@masikakalysha
I felt this!! I’m a PhD Astrophysics candidate, a math college instructor, AND the mother of a 14 year old with a full schedule!! I need a fuckin break!!!