Dr. Malika Grayson is the founder of STEMinist Empowered LLC, an organization focused on the empowerment of women of color who pursue graduate degrees through graduate mentorship. She is the second Black woman to graduate with her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell, and the author of the best-selling book “Hooded: A Black Girl’s Guide to the PhD.” Dr. Grayson will speak on her path through grad school, as well as how she used her peer and mentor network to tackle the challenges that came during her PhD.