Ambitiously Her
Ambitiously Her is a podcast for women in STEM and beyond who aspire to become everything they imagined. Hosted by Dr. Mariana Quiroga Londoño, a Bioinformatics Postdoc Scientist in Oncology and Cambridge University alumna, the show shares her personal journey and features candid conversations with women who have walked similar paths. Listeners can expect mindset shifts, career strategies, and practical takeaways to grow ambitiously and unapologetically, regardless of their starting point or background.
Episodes
From Blood cancer patient at 21 to Cambridge PhD & Gates Scholar ft Julia Viladevall
Julia Viladevall, PhD researcher in hematology at the University of Cambridge's Stem Cell Institute, joins the show to talk about the winding, deeply personal path that led her there. In this episode, Dr. Mariana sits down with Julia to talk about her journey from Argentona, near Barcelona, to Paris to Cambridge, and how a Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis at 21, just days into her dream rese
Breaking into Biotech & Pharma without a PhD ft Marie from Lab Skills Academy
You don't need a PhD to build a career in biotech; you need curiosity, consistency, and the courage to say yes.In this episode, Dr. Mariana sits down with Marie, founder of Lab Skills Academy (@labskillsacademy) and host of the When in STEM Podcast, to talk about her unconventional path into cell and gene therapy. Marie shares how a bachelor's degree and Northeastern University's co-op
How to build a career in Bioinformatics ft Dr. Camilla Lyons
In this episode, Dr. Mariana Quiroga Londoño sits down with her longtime friend and fellow bioinformatician, Dr. Camila Lyons, a PhD from Cambridge University and now a postdoc at EMBL. But this conversation goes far beyond the CV. Mariana and Camila open up about what it's like to be women navigating male-dominated rooms, the loneliness of a PhD, being ghosted after job interviews, and the co
How Training for HYROX Transformed my Mindset, Purpose & Resilience
Most people underestimate how deeply discipline shapes your identity and how much pushing through discomfort can unlock hidden strength. In this episode of Ambitiously Her, Dr. Mariana Quiroga Londoño shares how training for Hyrox, a demanding hybrid fitness race, transformed her perspective on resilience, purpose, and self-love, proving that even without an athletic background, you can conquer go
How a First-Gen, Immigrant Mom graduated from Yale with a PhD ft Dr. Fernanda Sulantay Vargas
Most of us struggle with balancing careers, motherhood, and personal dreams, but Dr. Fernanda Sulantay Vargas proves it’s possible. In this episode, Mariana and Fernanda discuss Fernanda’s journey from community college to a Yale PhD in computational science, all while raising two children and breaking barriers as a Salvadoran immigrant and first-generation Latina in STEM. Fernanda opens up about
Episode 0: My Path, My Purpose & Why I Built This For You
This is the episode before Episode 1, the one where Mariana shares her own path. Where she came from, what she carried, and why that journey is exactly what led her to create this podcast.Ambitiously Her is for the woman who refuses to shrink. The one who is building something meaningful and knows the path forward is rarely a straight line. If you've ever felt like you're doing too much an
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