This week Dr. Bertha Hidalgo, epidemiologist, assistant professor, associate scientist, and influencer joins Carrie to dive into influencing in the time of covid. Dr. Hidalgo breaks down how she got started in social media and how her platform started evolving, even before the pandemic. Dr. Hidalgo isn’t a stranger to imposter syndrome and describes how she moved past that and embraced her role as a science educator. Dr. Hidalgo shares how she deals with backlash, trolls, and stepping away when social media becomes too much. Full show notes at localistpodcast.com.  

Mentioned in this episode: 

Dr. Bertha Hidalgo on Instagram

ChicinAcademia.com

Karina Dresses

Ed Yong of The Atlantic 

New England Journal of Medicine 

Dr. Fauci on NPR’s 1A

A Pep Talk for Small Businesses During Quarantine 

@ThinkLocalist on Instagram

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