and welcome to talks at Google my name is Suzette and I am beyond thrilled to be introducing you to Our Guest today the incredible astrophysicist science communicator and Women's Health Advocate Sarafina El-Badry Nance Sarafina is here today to talk all about her brand new book Starstruck A Memoir of astrophysics and finding light in the dark Starstruck is a science-packed inspirational Memoir that details how Sarafina boldly carved out a place in the field of astrophysics grounding herself in her passion and a lifelong Love Of The Stars honest and empowering
very very poignant and beautifully said um so thank you again so much Sarafina for joining us today and for for writing this book really um we're grateful for you um and once again Sarafina El-Badry Nance's book is Starstruck A Memoir of astrophysics and finding light in the dark and it's available now and you can pick up your copy everywhere books are souls thank you again thank you so much for having me I so appreciate it it was such a joy
um any sort of bullying Etc but there are also you know if they don't if you don't if you don't see yourself in something it's very hard to be in it um and yeah I mean I I try to be in short the woman that young Sarafina would have wanted to see um you know when she was a kid awesome and related to visibility is another topic that you you bring up in the book as well of uh imposter syndrome um so something that we've all experienced I would say um and just how important is it to challenge doubt both the doubt that's coming from the external sources like we mentioned as well as
Sarafina El-Badry Nance Sarafina is here today to talk all about her brand new book Starstruck A Memoir of astrophysics and finding light in the dark Starstruck is a science-packed inspirational Memoir that details how Sarafina boldly carved out a place in the field of astrophysics grounding herself in her passion and a lifelong Love Of The Stars honest and empowering Starstruck sits at the intersection of the study of our Cosmos itself constantly changing and the transformative experience of embracing resilience to pursue one's passion Sarafina takes us through
I wrote this book in in some ways for my younger self you know I I wrote the book and you know I do the sort of representation advocacy for younger Sarafina who didn't you know see herself in in these fields and and doing these these things um and I the importance of that is sort of highlighted every time somebody reaches reaches out to me and says you know I I saw your story
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about um and yeah I mean learning about the universe you learn about yourself very very poignant and beautifully said um so thank you again so much Sarafina for joining us today and for for writing this book really um we're grateful for you um and once again Sarafina El-Badry Nance's book is Starstruck A Memoir of astrophysics and finding light in the dark and it's available now and you can pick up your copy everywhere books are souls
So that's what "Lion King" brings for my people. Now, did you also participate in the "Sarafina" production? Yes. When I first came in this country, I was in the show called "Sarafina" during apartheid, which was different.
Starstruck sits at the intersection of the study of our Cosmos itself constantly changing and the transformative experience of embracing resilience to pursue one's passion Sarafina takes us through a multitude of challenges that she faced along the way including anxiety sexism and abusive relationship to name a few Sarafina was also diagnosed with the cancer-causing broccoli gene mutation in her early 20s and chose to have a preventative double mastectomy at age 26. in this eloquently written book Serafina takes us all on an inspiring and honest journey through every
inspirational Memoir that details how Sarafina boldly carved out a place in the field of astrophysics grounding herself in her passion and a lifelong Love Of The Stars honest and empowering Starstruck sits at the intersection of the study of our Cosmos itself constantly changing and the transformative experience of embracing resilience to pursue one's passion Sarafina takes us through a multitude of challenges that she faced along the way including anxiety sexism and abusive relationship to name a few Sarafina was also diagnosed with the cancer-causing broccoli
Now, did you also participate in the "Sarafina" production? Yes. When I first came in this country, I was in the show called "Sarafina" during apartheid, which was different. Because that show was more about the struggle, it was just a heavy show.