I am Gabriela Quesada-Ávila, a tropical ecologist going through one of the most challenging, and transformative moments of my life. A few years ago, I decided to pursue an academic career and joined the graduate program at the Integrative Biology Department at the University of South Florida as a PhD student. Now I’m in my third year, after completing two major experiments, and I’m getting ready to submit a paper that will be the first chapter of my dissertation. This journey
