Chapter Eleven: We talk to Melissa Phillips about her journey from teacher to data scientist

We first met Melissa Phillips as a middle school math teacher and now she’s a data scientist. Learn how bringing students to a math competition inspired her new journey! We also revisit imposter syndrome and strategies for how we all face it.

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Resources

• UVA School of Data Science
  
• Become a Data Scientist Infographic
• Charlottesville Women in Tech
• Failure, Frustration and Fearlessness
• What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it?
  

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Music credits

• Music from filmmusic.io
• "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)