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Vanessa
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She/her 🇧🇷🇹🇼🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 Air quality scientist & mathematician. CUNY ➡️ MIT ➡️UUtah (PhDing 👩🏻‍💻) Clean Air Kits discount in link below
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    Vanessa
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    Apr 4, 2025
    Have used the AirFanta 3Pro enough to give a review of the product! This thread includes my thoughts on this air purifier, which I’ve used during travel (packed in my luggage, in hotel, & at an academic conference) and in my office.
    Author of tweet smiling and hovering behind the AirFanta 3Pro air purifier, which is in the center of the photo on the floor, with two of its white colored filter panels with wire mesh over it, and fans on the top.
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    Vanessa
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    Jan 21, 2022
    Got accepted to MIT today for graduate school ❤️❤️❤️
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    Vanessa
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    Sep 2, 2022
    The universities said we are doing the personal responsibility approach so now I will be lugging this large air purifier to my classes 2x a week
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    Vanessa
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    Jul 16, 2022
    This meme got posted in a math discord server I’m in and oh no
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    Vanessa
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    Sep 6, 2023
    Happy first day of the semester!! I was really happy that I brought KN95 respirators into group meeting today and almost everyone wore them! PI also brought an air purifier (in addition to me bringing a small one)! Tomorrow I have my first classes 🤠
    Author of tweet with hands on hips, wearing silvery grey dress with flower accents and a Dentec ComfortAir P100 half mask elastomeric respirator. She also has grey puffball cloud shaped earrings and amber colored glasses
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    Vanessa
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    Aug 24, 2024
    Replying to @jennifer__wu_
    Also, all the BS aside, saying “ask your friends” is the most horrible thing ever to say to a FIRST YEAR GRAD STUDENT, moving far away to a new state + city!!!
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    Vanessa
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    Jul 2, 2025
    Just got through TSA (+ precheck) without having to remove my respirator!!! JFK airport also has a rooftop w/ tables to eat at btw.
    Selfie of author of tweet, showing her sitting and smiling with an Omnimask elastomeric respirator with pink 3M filters on the sides, an exhaust valve on the bottom, and clear plastic body. She is wearing her hair in a ponytail down her shoulder, a black tshirt with the red University of Utah logo, and amber rimmed glasses. Behind her is a grassy rooftop and several silver metal buildings
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    Vanessa
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    Sep 3, 2025
    Back to MIT / Cambridge for a few hours today ☺️ Can’t wait to surprise a few friends, meet one math friend for the first time ever in-person, and have some planned meetups too 😃
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    Vanessa
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    Mar 4, 2022
    A professor hires math degree holder to work in his lab. Math degree holder forgets all of calculus and has to spend hours figuring out how to write MATLAB code to find area under the curve for their data. 🤠
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    Vanessa
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    Mar 18, 2024
    nothing like camping outside a professor’s classroom so you can get your defense scheduled bc they haven’t replied to your emails :(((
    Large modern lobby with wooden stairs running down the right side of the photo, a large black tv screen mounted on the wall on the left, and a second story on the top right. The flooring is gray, with long black columns holding up the second story.
    Selfie of author of tweet holding up two fingers in a peace sign. She is wearing amber and gold framed glasses, a white Gerson 3230+ duckbill N95 respirator, and puffy grey earrings shaped like clouds. Her black sweater has shoulder cutouts. Next to her is a bag and a jacket
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    Vanessa
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    Apr 23, 2024
    MASTER OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES ❤️❤️❤️ I DID IT!!!!!!!! AND HAPPY EARTH DAY!
    Author of tweet standing on a cement path with symmetric patches of grass on both sides and a tree with white flowers. She wears a white WellBefore N99 respirator, glasses, a long tan coat over a dress with orange and pink flowers, a white paper sash, and a white paper crown.
    Closer vertical portrait photo featuring the author of the tweet in the center from the abdomen up. She wears a white WellBefore N99 respirator, glasses, a long tan coat over a dress with orange and pink flowers, a white paper sash saying Master of Earth on the front, and a white paper crown also with the words Master of Earth and Planetary Sciences. She looks up toward the top right of the photo. There is a bag and woven strand over her shoulder.
    Back view of the author of the tweet wearing a tan coat and pink, brown, and orange striped bag. The strap is a woven rope. Clipper to her jacket collar is a white paper sash saying Planetary Sciences. She wears a crown clipped onto her head saying Master of Earth & Planetary Sciences in red.
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    Vanessa
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    Dec 2, 2023
    I DID IT!!!! I GOT ALL 3 GRAD APPS THAT WERE DUE TODAY SUBMITTED!!! YESSS!!!
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    Vanessa
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    Jan 18, 2022
    I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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    Vanessa
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    Apr 12, 2024
    After a difficult 2nd year mastering out of MIT & a rollercoaster of an admissions cycle, I was thrilled to accept my offer today to the University of Utah to work with @jhaskinsPhD for my PhD this fall! ☺️ Thank you to everyone who supported me!! ❤️
    Author of tweet smiling with head slightly tilted to the side. She wears amber and gold framed glasses and a thick grey sweater sporting the words “UTAH Utes” in the center in red (for Utah) and white (for Utes). The neckline is cream with a red stripe.
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