On our third episode, we talk with Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas, who is in her first year as an assistant professor at Queens College which is a part of the City University of New York (CUNY) public university system in New York City. She graduated from NYU’s Educational Leadership at the Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development. She talks about her background and research interests, honesty about managing the brutal parts of the doctoral journey, and advice for when you are applying for jobs.