I have a hard time articulating and communicating ideas to my team. On top of that, English is not my first language. I’m 27 but sometimes I feel like a jr. How can I empower myself and beat the impostor syndrome ? Do you honestly think that being a woman I have to work twice harder for it?

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I feel you, same here. Woman + English as a second language.

I can tell you that this book changed my life and the way I present work and speak to others.
Let me know if you also want to set up some time to chat about how I have dealt with presenting/imposter syndrome in the past.

I’m not perfect by any means but I have improved a ton lately :)

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Personally in my experience, when trying to articulate my ideas, I have found it beneficial to write things out and then put that into a diagram. Pictures truly are worth a thousand words.

Regarding imposter syndrome, it’s tough and something we all face, perhaps it would help to look at your work from when you first got into UX and where you are now.

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