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Towards Healing: Lessons in Surviving Academia from a Queer, Brown Femme

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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In this chapter, the author draws on her personal experience as a university student to highlight the importance of community, performance, and family in navigating educational spaces.

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Jotika Chaudhary Samant

Jotika Chaudhary Samant is a Queer, working-class, Femme of Colour, and a settler on the unceded lands of the Musqueum, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. She is an Interdisciplinary Artist, a Community Organizer and an Expressive Arts Therapist. Her roots are in Fiji and Northern India. Jotika holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Victoria.