I was 39 by the time I finished my Ph.D. It doesn’t matter how old you are — if you want something, there’s no statute of limitations on pursuing it.
Aomawa Shields, incoming astronomy professor at UC Irvine. Featured in @glamour: http://bit.ly/1rRgc8B
Photo by Yusra Alsayyad / Glamour magazine.
(via ucirvine)
Aomawa Shields talks about changing careers and what it’s like to be a classically trained actress and an astronomer:
“I used to
feel like an actor around scientists and a scientist around actors. But
now I know where I belong. Because once you’ve made that connection to
the universe, there’s no going back. I should know—wherever I went,
whenever I looked up at those burning stars bright in the night sky, I
had no doubt: They were mine.”
(via ucresearch)
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