Grad School Femtoring: Inclusive Grad School Stories, Personal Development, and Productivity Tips for First-Gen BIPOCs

Yvette Martinez-Vu

Booking Overview

A graduate-school and higher-education advice podcast focused on academic success, career development, productivity, and sustainable wellbeing for first-generation students of color, with mostly solo episodes and occasional conversations with people bringing firsthand doctoral or career-development expertise. Agencies could credibly pitch graduate researchers, early-career professionals, and specialists with practical insight into doctoral career paths, inclusive higher education, or sustainable academic work; booking difficulty is low.

Metrics

Episodes: 391

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

gradschoolfemtoring@gmail.com

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Host

Yvette Martinez-Vu - Yvette Martinez-Vu is a first-generation Chicana graduate-school and productivity coach, consultant, author, and speaker. She has more than 15 years of experience supporting first-generation studen...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Current doctoral researchers, graduate students, or early-career professionals with relevant firsthand experience and practical or research-based expertise in academic and career development.

Required Achievements:

Advanced doctoral research or graduate training, Relevant research, mentorship, or career-development experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Reem Salem - Career Development For STEM Phd Students, Transferable Research Skills, Doctoral Career Pathways, Mentorship, And Career Exploration For Historically Excluded And First-generation Graduate Students

Recent Topics

Education, Higher Education, Academic Success, First Generation Students, Student Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Grad School Femtoring: Inclusive Grad School Stories, Personal Development, and Productivity Tips for First-Gen BIPOCs

391: How to Choose the Right Graduate Program Beyond Rankings and Prestige

September 28, 2026

In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I share how to choose a graduate program based on the outcome you're seeking and the people you hope to learn from. When I help applicants build a program list, I encourage them to look beyond rankings and get clear on the conditions that will help them succeed. I walk through how to identify your non-negotiables, research potential faculty mentors, examine funding and program conditions, and learn from current students and alumni. This re...

390: Low-Energy Writing Strategies: How to Keep Writing with Limited Capacity

September 21, 2026

In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I share low-energy writing strategies for college students, graduate students, and professionals completing major projects with limited capacity. Whether you are navigating chronic illness, disability, burnout, caregiving, sleep deprivation, travel, or an especially demanding season, these strategies can help you keep making progress to meet a hard deadline.I explain how to assess your capacity, match tasks to your available energy, break ...

389: Dopamine, Rewards, and Novelty: How to Keep Writing When the Excitement Fades

September 14, 2026

In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I discuss why the excitement surrounding a long-term writing project can fade and how dopamine, executive functioning, and your working conditions can shape motivation. I offer a more compassionate approach for academics, students, and other writers who are struggling to return to work that still matters to them. I share practical ways to make writing more approachable. You will learn how to build a personalized menu of writing tasks and r...

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