{"podcast":{"title":"Grad School Femtoring: Inclusive Grad School Stories, Personal Development, and Productivity Tips for  First-Gen BIPOCs","slug":"grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories-personal-development-and-productivity-tips-for-first-gen-bipocs-20584","podcast_index_feed_id":20584,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/RhhQsM37","website_url":"https://www.gradschoolfemtoring.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7aa6f97b-c402-4bc4-88c4-e95fa121d9b8/f4529056-57a4-4c2c-bea2-668544537d87/3000x3000/updated-202021-2024-20grad-20school-20femtoring-20podcast-20logo-20cover-20art.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Grad School Femtoring, LLC","episode_count":378,"summary":"The Signal Award-winning Grad School Femtoring Podcast provides first-generation BIPOC students and professionals with conversations about graduate school and growth to help you sustainably achieve your goals. I’m your host, Dra. Yvette Martinez-Vu, a first-gen Chicana, mama, neurodivergent, and chronically ill grad school and productivity coach, consultant, author and speaker. For over fourteen years I’ve been empowering first-gen students of color along their personal and professional journeys, and I’m really excited to support you too. Listen every Friday to solo and guest episodes where you’ll be listening in on inclusive grad school stories. You'll also learn more about grad school and academic success, career and professional development, personal development and mindset, productivity and time management, social justice and community building, wellbeing and mental health, money and financial literacy, first-gen student of color experiences, and more! This podcast is a proud member of the Genuina Media network. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and share this resource with a friend.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:17:12.596703+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories-personal-development-and-productivity-tips-for-first-gen-bipocs-20584"},"episode":{"title":"368: Identifying Your Advisor Needs as a Graduate Student","slug":"368-identifying-your-advisor-needs-as-a-graduate-student","published_at":"2026-04-17T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories-personal-development-and-productivity-tips-for-first-gen-bipocs-20584/368-identifying-your-advisor-needs-as-a-graduate-student","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories-personal-development-and-productivity-tips-for-first-gen-bipocs-20584","url":"https://www.gradschoolfemtoring.com","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/genuina.simplecastaudio.com/aa1399a4-dc5e-4a57-840d-0cb1caf5259b/episodes/2d3f837d-dc7d-4b35-af26-be3ef23e553a/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=aa1399a4-dc5e-4a57-840d-0cb1caf5259b&awEpisodeId=2d3f837d-dc7d-4b35-af26-be3ef23e553a&feed=RhhQsM37","summary":"In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I walk you through how to identify your advisor needs as a graduate student, whether you are choosing an advisor in your first year or realizing you need to make a change. This episode is inspired by patterns I see across my clients, where many students feel pressure to settle for less support than they need due to what has been normalized in academia. I break down what it actually looks like to be supported in graduate school by outlining both foundational advisor needs and additional forms of support that can strengthen your experience and long-term career trajectory. I also share how these needs directly impact your ability to make progress, maintain momentum, and complete your program.","meta_description":"In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I walk you through how to identify your advisor needs as a graduate student, whether you are choosin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1447,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories-personal-development-and-productivity-tips-for-first-gen-bipocs-20584/episodes/368-identifying-your-advisor-needs-as-a-graduate-student/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories-personal-development-and-productivity-tips-for-first-gen-bipocs-20584/368-identifying-your-advisor-needs-as-a-graduate-student.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}