Unconscious bias that women are less qualified than men to study or teach STEM disciplines still exists. - Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe

Collaborate. Go outside your comfort zone occasionally and choose your collaborators carefully. Your chances of obtaining competitive research grants are higher and your research and publication productivity will increase, too.

My advice is to stay true to her passion while being open-minded to a variety of opportunities. Paleontology has proven to be a key player in the puzzle we know today as planet Earth, especially as fossils were among the first clues used for plate tectonics.

Several people, including members of my family, tried to dissuade me from studying geology because women were not supposed to be out in the bush or field as a profession.