Her Story
About Lisa
Lisa Prout is a history instructor working in higher education. Coming from a background in secondary education, she took time off to have children before earning her master's degree and transitioning to higher education. She teaches history at community colleges and to undergraduates, focusing on U.S. history, Latin American history, and women's history. Prout is particularly interested in helping students understand contemporary issues through historical context and in examining how women enacted change in times before they held official rights. She earned her master's degree from Harvard University in 2022 and is pursuing a PhD part-time at the University of London via the Institute of Historical Research. She belongs to the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Lisa
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Everything that is worth it in this life does not come easy. Take things one step at a time and tell yourself that you can do the hard things. Tell yourself that you deserve to be there. You deserve to be at any table, in any room, and you bring something unique as yourself with your perspective to any job you have. You bring your own unique perspective and that matters, and we need your perspective at the table, so keep on keeping on. I tell that to a lot of my college students, especially minorities, immigrants, and first-generation immigrants, to emphasize that you bring your own unique perspective.
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