Thread by @DisInHigherEd

We'd also like to do a thread to introduce our amazing team!!

Check them all out below 👇
#DEHEM #DisabilityRollCall #DEHEMRollCall #DisInHigherEd #IAmDisabledInHigherEd #DisabilityTwitter #DisabilityIsDiverse

#DisabilityRollCall
Introducing Alyssa (she/her) who runs @DisabledStem! Alyssa is a first-year grad student at Baylor College of Medicine and she has done amazing work with her Disabled In Stem platform!
#DEHEMRollCall #IAmDisabledInHigherEd #DEHEM #DisInHigherEd

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Amanda (she/her, @FairlyScience)! Amanda is a first-year PhD student at UCLA in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Ava (she/her, @Ava_Nicole23)! Ava is currently an MS student in Neuroscience. She has been a huge disabled self-advocate during her time in higher education and is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and equity in higher ed & STEM. #DEHEMRollCall

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Demarrius (he/him, @DemarriusYoung)! He is currently a laboratory technician in the Outcomes Lab of the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
#DEHEMRollCall #DisInHigherEd #IAmDisInHigherEd

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Haley (she/her, @HaleyABranch)! She is a 4th year PhD candidate in botany at the University of British Columbia.
#DEHEMRollCall #DisinHigherEd #IAmDisInHigherEd

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Linda (she/they, @LindaCCor)! They are a 2nd year MSc by research student at University College Cork in Food Science.
#DEHEMRollCall #DisInHigherEd #IAmDisInHigherEd

@LindaCCor Introducing Maya (she/her, @AlzScience), the ally on our team! Maya is a PhD Student in Biomedical Sciences at UC San Diego.

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Olivia (she/her, @NaturalistBerni), who made all these wonderful bio graphics and the schedule graphics!! Olivia decided after her bachelor to leave higher ed due to ableism and the barriers that disabled people face!
#DEHEM #DEHEMRollCall

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Sam (@samthej)! Sam is a Global Thought MA student at Columbia University with a background in development economics and indigenous rights advocacy.
#DEHEM #DEHEMRollCall #IAmDisInHigherEd

#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Syreeta (she/her, @nolan_syreeta)! Syreeta Nolan is a senior majoring in Psychology with a specialization in Human Health at the University of California San Diego.
#DEHEM #DEHEMRollCall #IAmDisInHigherEd

We also want to send a big shout out and thank you to our supporters who helped bring this month together -
Kaela (@kss_phd), Jonathan (@AcademicChatter) and Katherine (@superchiasmatic)! Much love!
#DEHEM