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The Grad School FEMTORING Academy™

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A group coaching program for first-gen BIPOC grad students seeking to work on their personal growth, productivity, and wellbeing

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FEMTORING stands for Fostering Empowerment, Mastering Tools, Overcoming Roadblocks, and Inspiring New Growth

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Over the course of this program, you’ll be able to:

  • Define the basic components of sustainable productivity and personal development
  • Articulate your core values, strengths, and areas of growth
  • Learn how to create and achieve effective short and long-term goals
  • Understand and apply the skills necessary for sustainable productivity
  • Learn strategies for prioritizing your wellness, self-care, and community-care
  • Learn how to improve on and employ a growth mindset
  • Employ self-assessment strategies for professional and personal success
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"I gained concrete skills of sustainable productivity. I am still learning about it and will try to implement it in my personal and professional areas of life. The program made me feel empowered to embrace my challenges as a chronically ill, neurodivergent individual. Most importantly, I feel hopeful and determined to identify and implement strategies and skills I learned in the course in a way that work for me. The most valuable or impactful part of the program was being able to relate to others who have similar struggles to mine related to being neurodivergent, BIPOC, chronically ill, among other identities we shared about. I would recommend the program to others because Dra. Yvette is very compassionate, thorough, caring, and organized. At the same time, she is open to share about her own struggles and her experience navigating through these to achieve, perform, and move forward personally and professionally. This really helps to strengthen the femtor-femtee connection."
Paloma Garcia
I would absolutely recommend the GSF program! I would recommend this to undergrad students, grad students, working professionals, parents, and more. Anyone can greatly gain a plethora of skills, tools, and topics to learn and apply to your own life. But like anything worthwhile in life, if you are willing to put in the work and invest your time then this program will serve you in ways that you did not expect. Before the program, I was someone who was all over the place, lived in constant survival mode, and was tired all of the time. But now after the program, I feel amazing and rooted back to the real world of my life. My goals in life are what I truly want them to be and they are crystal clear to me in how to achieve them. What, are you waiting for??? Go join the next GSF cohort! Muchas gracias por todo Dra. Yvette!
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What you'll learn

Mini Course 1

Introduction to Personal Development and Sustainable Productivity

Mini Course 2

Strategies for Effective Goal Setting and Action Planning

Mini Course

Creating a Time- and Project-Management Toolkit for Sustainable Productivity

Mini Course 4

Thriving in Community: Reframing Wellness and Care for First-Gen BIPOCs

Mini Course 5

Lifestyle Design, Growth Mindset, and Redefining Success

Mini Course 6

Lessons Learned: A Self-Assessment Workshop on Habits, Prioritization, and Accountability

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Program Components

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$600 value

On Demand Mini Courses

6 one-hour on-demand mini courses 

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$600 value

Live Group Coaching

6 live group coaching sessions (which are also recorded)

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$300 value

Peer Co-Working Sessions

6 peer accountability and co-working sessions

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$200 Value

Community Support

Community support from current and previous cohorts on Slack

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$450 value

One-on-One Support

12 weeks of 1:1 email and Voxer audio messaging support from Dra. Yvette

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$250 VALUE

12+ Bonus Resources

Over a dozen custom and downloadable resources made specifically for first-gen BIPOCs

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"I enjoyed the reframing wellness [topic] because it reminded me about the importance of self care and the various ways to go about it. The project-management tool kit was also really helpful. The concrete skills I learned were knowing how to manage my time and increase my productivity using different resources available to me. I felt personally connected to a lot of the topics that were brought up because I could relate to a lot of the issues being discussed, such as trying to engage in self-care practices as a BIPOC student. It was nice to see the ways in which I could support myself or find solutions to the issues I have. The most valuable part of the program was the mentoring! I would recommend this program especially to BIPOC students because it comes from the perspective of a BIPOC and so the content is really relevant and helpful. I feel like typical grad prep programs don't always address the issues that this workshop addressed."
Priscilla Lagunas

And the following game-changing BONUSES:

  • My Values Assessment Exercise (including journaling questions to clarify your core values)
  • My 60-page Growth Journal (for those interested in starting a journaling practice)
  • My SMART(ER) Goals Worksheets
  • My Three to Five Year Plan Template (to plan holistic life goals)
  • My Top 30+ Favorite FREE Productivity and Tech Tools (and the list will keep growing!)
  • My Energy Audit Exercise
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  • My “How to Use Project Management Apps” Tutorial (a frequent favorite, including how they’re applicable for academic projects)
  • My “How to Use AI Tech” Tutorials (including a discussion of AI literacy and ethics)
  • My "Standard Operating Procedure Email Organizing" Template and Tutorial (called “life-changing” by many!)
  • My "Pros and Cons of Proofreader Apps and Citation Management Software" Tutorials
  • My Curated "Micro and Macro Self-Care Options" Handout
  • My Life Assessment Exercise (another favorite, made specifically for first-gen BIPOCs)
  • A curated list of relevant GSF Podcast episodes and more, which is over $250 worth of downloadable materials!
"I enjoyed learning about the different ways to prioritize tasks in order to keep a better handle on my to do list and do things in a more timely manner. I also learned how to examine my time management skills better and the ways in which I am prioritizing my tasks. This program made me feel excited to learn how to become more productive. I enjoyed the support from someone who understands what it means to be first gen or BIPOC and how that can affect a person's experience in academia. I would recommend this program because it provides useful tools for personal growth in terms of productivity and also personal development."
Lee Lipe

The Investment

The total value of the program is $2400+ and it’s available to you at the following fee structure with a three-month payment plan option:

for graduate students

$999

for scholarship recipients

$750

I offer partial scholarships on a first-come first-served basis. If you are interested in applying for a partial scholarship, you can apply here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Weekly live coaching sessions and peer accountability meetings are scheduled on Thursdays 10-11:30am PST / 1-2:30pm EST. The date/time is subject to change if there are substantial scheduling conflicts among the participants. 

Expect to dedicate 3 hours per week to the program. 1.5 hours will be dedicated to our weekly meetings, another hour towards reviewing online module materials, and an extra half hour to completing any optional exercises. 

While this program is centering the needs of first-gen BIPOC grad students, it’s also open to any first-gen BIPOCs who are interested in enhancing their growth, productivity, and wellbeing. 

Being on camera is encouraged but always optional.

Live group coaching sessions are recorded and include captions. Peer accountability coworking sessions will not be recorded. 

Your individual coaching session includes the option to record and/or receive meeting notes

All mini courses are an hour in length and include video and audio with captions, transcripts, copies of slides, and a resources file. 

If you require any other accommodations, please contact me and I’ll do my best to work with you within our resources and capacity.

You have lifetime access to the materials. Should I ever plan to close the program, all alumni will receive a 3-month notice before closing up shop.

Due to receiving instant access to a plethora of resources, there is a no refund policy. If you have questions about whether the program is the right investment for you, please book a 1:1 consultation meeting with Dra. Yvette before signing up. 

“I felt so grateful to have found this program. I wished I had learned or known about all these resources, concepts, tools, and skills when I started my undergrad. I have been implementing and using the skills and tools that I have learned in my program and I feel like it is easier for me to let go….I feel more self-compassionate and gentle with myself. I would definitely recommend this program to others because I think it is crucial to learn the skills taught in this program. As 1st gen BIPOC students, many of us may have not been taught these skills… To navigate the world of academia as whole and thriving human beings, we need to learn that it is ok to dream, set goals, pause and take breaks, use AI for assistance, take care of ourselves and each other, embrace a growth mindset, be self-aware of our strengths and values, and take time to assess and evaluate. I feel like this program has taught me these skills that will help me navigate academia differently from those in the current culture of hyper productivity.”
Sara Catalina Carrillo
"I really appreciated revisiting and learning more about the concepts of sustainable productivity and lifestyle design….I feel like my time and energy management skills have improved. The first time around, I definitely gained skills in creating a project timeline and breaking tasks into smaller chunks. This time around, I was mostly thinking about bigger concepts like lifestyle design, but I think I gained skills in articulating my values and assessing if certain things align with my values. I felt proud of myself for going through the program again. In the group coaching sessions especially, I felt supported and capable….A lot of grad students I know struggle with burnout and are trying to do all the things, and I think the tools and concepts in this program are very helpful for beginning to unpack that and do something differently."
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