Sara El-Gebali is a Research Data Manager at SciLifeLab, and has traveled across country lines in her work as a scientist and data manager. Along with sharing her journey today, Sara is passionate about advocacy for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. We talk about the journey that one might take through an academic program, and how it influences our decisions. If you are interested in community building, good practices for data, or open since and how to make things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Reusable), this episode will be of interest to you!