The FLI Collective

Connect with Break Concrete at https://breakconcrete.com Email: breakconcrete@gmail.comTwitter: @breakconcreteInstagram: @breakconcreteAbout the episode:  This episode is a collaboration with Cheryl-Lyn Bentley and her podcast, Break Concrete. They discuss their experiences as FLI women of color navigating class migration. It’s a really great conversation especially for those getting ready to graduate or anyone who is an emerging professional. Topics Covered: Defining FLI – first generation, low-income college graduateNavigating privileged spaces as a class migrantWhat stops women of color from applying to jobsWhy women discount their qualifications when job huntingThe power of networkingDefining stereotype threatWhat women of color should do when considering a new jobHow women of color lead and navigate leadershipRecognizing the invisible labor women of color managers undertakeWhy women of color are not promoted into senior positionsHow to self-advocate in the workplaceHighlights:“Women, women of color, we are socialized into following rules and there are very harsh consequences if we don’t. We have to re-socialize into feeling more comfortable, just applying.”“Never look at any opportunity as too small.” “Think bigger than right now.”“Unconscious bias has very real, very tangible, very conscious results.”Other References: Tara Sophia Mohr, Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified, Harvard Business Review, Aug. 25, 2014.Max Nisen, Employers ignore almost everything on your resume–except this, Dec. 2, 2014Sarah Cassidy, Apply for jobs like a privileged White Man in these five easy steps, Medium, Aug. 25, 2018McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.org, Women in the Workplace 2018Cindy Pace, How Women of Color Get to Senior Management, Harvard Business Review, Aug. 31, 2018.

This episode is collaboration between Dr. Marlette Jackson of the FLI collective and Cheryl-Lyn Bentley and her podcast, Break Concrete.  Break Concrete is a podcast show exploring the unique experiences of Black women professionals as they navigate race and gender in the workplace and break through the concrete wall to professional advancement. We all have heard of the glass ceiling– the invisible barrier impeding women’s professional advancement. For Black women, sexism shaped by racism creates additional hurdles many have regarded as a concrete wall. The concrete wall is solid and opaque. It cannot be easily shattered and requires additional work and energy to scale. Break Concrete provides a platform for Black women to openly dialogue about our intersectional identities as both black and female as we maneuver career and life.  Website: https://breakconcrete.com/Email breakconcrete@gmail.comTwitter@breakconcreteInstagram@breakconcrete 

Hello FLI people, welcome to the FLI Collective Podcast! This episode is the result of a collaboration between one of the FLI collective hosts, Dr Miranda Stratton and the host of Technically 200, Selena Montelongo. Selena Montelongo works with Code2College, a nonprofit whose mission is to increase the number of minority and low-income high school students who enter and excel in STEM undergraduate majors and careers. She is also the host of Technically 200, a podcast dedicated to highlighting the voices and experiences of Black and Latinx women in STEM. 

We have been hard at work in creating new episodes and collaborations which will be coming soon but in the meantime we wanted to shoutout all the recent FLI graduates :D

When we think about leadership in an organizational setting, there seems to be a common image or stereotypical portrayal that we’ve come to think of.  So for this episode we are going to unpack how American business cultures have traditionally defined leadership and the various ways women of color leverage their cultural capital to challenge those notions. This episode is hosted by Dr. Marlette Jackson with co-hosts Dr. Edritz Javelosa, Dr. Miranda Stratton, and Dr. Nidia Ruedas-Gracia.

This episode is all about a topic that’s near and dear to our hearts: navigating multiple identities and intersectionality. Host Miranda Stratton is joined by co-hosts Marlette Jackson and Edritz Javelosa for a conversation about identity through the lens of intersectionality. 

This episode is in response to the recent op-ed article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal which criticized Dr. Jill Biden’s title and called into question whether or not she should use it. The hosts of the FLI collective had a lot to say about that, and now Dr. Miranda Stratton, Dr. Marlette Jackson and Dr. Edritz Javelosa, three FLI WOC with PhDs, are gonna help us unpack this loaded conversation. 

Edritz hosts a conversation along with Marlette and Nidia about how their shared FLI (first gen/low-income) identity brought them together during graduate school. They discuss their involvement in student organizations and community engagement, and reveal the secret sauce to a lasting friendship after graduation.

Some end of year/quarter/semester motivation for first-gen and/or low-income students. Enjoy!

This episode is all about unpacking what it means to be a FLI (first-generation and/or low-income) college student and what it specifically meant for us. We’ll also talk about aspects of college that many FLI students have to figure out on their own like fellowships, scholarships, and internships. We’ll touch on our various college degrees and what we do with them. We hope this episode will help demystify some of the college-going process for our FLI or soon to be FLI listeners. 

FLI is a term commonly used in higher education to identify people who are First Generation College Students and/or come from Low-Income backgrounds. Our collective is a group of 5 women who have completed PhDs as FLI students and are now navigating the post-FLI identity. Future episodes we will feature just two or three of us at a time, but this episode consists of each of us from the FLI collective sharing a little bit about who we are so you can get to know us and our FLI experiences. 

FLI is a term commonly used in higher education to identify people who are First Generation College Students and/or come from Low-Income backgrounds. Our collective is a group of 5 women who have completed PhDs as FLI students and are now navigating the post-FLI identity.Each episode, a few of us from the FLI collective discuss how our FLI identities shaped our experiences in higher education and beyond.