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Kumsal Tekirdag-Kosar is a scientist, parent, migrant, and a social worker based in Toronto, Canada. She has lived experience with mental health challenges and now, her mission is to become a Mental Health Practitioner in Canada herself to give back and support the mental wellbeing of vulnerable communities.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Mental health during PhD and post-doc
• Migration for academic career 
• Isolation that comes with migration
• Career change and "starting over"
• Social work and therapy in North America
• Talking about burnout in the workplace
• Discrimination that migrants face

and so much more...

Find out more about Kumsal at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysekumsaltekirdag/

Watch this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ce2W0CkIv38

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