Join us for an evening of true, personal stories about how we emerge into who we are at Caveat, NYC!
Hosted by Diana Li and Paula Croxson at Caveat NYC. Doors at 6:30pm. Show starts at 7:00pm.
In person and livestreamed. Early bird tickets available until until April 7, 7:00pm.
Stories by:
Garret Glinka wears two hats: one as a businessman with a Master’s in Business, and the other as a scientist with his Master’s in Biotechnology and Genomics, complemented by a Bachelor’s in Biological Sciences. His background allows him to bridge the administrative and scientific worlds. Over the past six years, he’s honed his expertise as a laboratory professional in both corporate and academic settings, helping operate and launch five laboratories domestically/internationally. He’s been a technician, team leader, supervisor, and lab manager.
As a member of the queer community, he brings kindness, authenticity, vulnerability, and positive influence to his leadership style. Now at Columbia University’s Neuroscience Institute, he manages two labs, leads the Gender and Inclusion Mentoring Program, and coordinates the Lab Liaison Group, ensuring communication across the institute’s departments and other lab managers.
When he’s not dissecting Drosophila in New York City, or out to eat with Jersey City friends, he retreats to his family’s farm in central New Jersey. There you’ll find him tending to their goats and chickens, inspecting the crops, or racing dirt bikes with his three-year-old nephew, Jay. His life is a dynamic blend of science, leadership, community, and family, each enriching the other in unexpected ways.
Andrew McGill is a storyteller born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. When not on stage, he is an English teacher at a high school in Brooklyn.
Leslie Sibener is a neuroscientist and science communicator based in New York City. She received degrees in Neuroscience and Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and her PhD at Columbia University where she studied movement and motor learning. Now as a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University, Leslie researches the mechanisms that allow specific memories to be stored for long term memory in the brain, while others are forgotten. She has always been passionate about sharing science outside of the lab. This has manifested in being the group leader the science writing group NeuWrite, a team member of Stories of WiN, and founder of Scientist on the Subway. Additionally, she has collaborated with a variety other groups, such as BioBus, Facts Machine Podcast, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem, to engage the public with science.
Vassiki Chauhan is a cognitive neuroscientist living in Harlem. She works in the Barnard Vision Lab, where she is researching the neural basis of reading. If she won the science lottery, Vassiki would choose to study how humans learn to abstract knowledge from sensory information. Vassiki came to the US from India via Italy, and the uncharacteristic nature of personal and scientific journey has been documented on Scientific American. She has spoken at several panels hosted by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, been featured on the Courageous Scientist Podcast and written for Issues, Democratic Left and Science for the People. She is the publisher for the print magazine Science for the People and an active member of the New York City chapter of the organization. Her paintings have been featured in Main Street Museum in White River Junction, Vermont, a climbing gym in New York and at multiple mutual aid events for Gaza. If she won the life lottery, Vassiki would paint exclusively for mathematicians and protestors. She is running her first marathon in New York City to earn street cred as a real New Yorker.
Jenna Dioguardi is an Obie & Drama Desk-award winning performer. She made her Off-Broadway debut originating the role of #13 in Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves, and can now be seen storytelling in dimly lit venues throughout New York. Her solo show, Nipples for Christmas, is currently in development and had its debut showing in March. By day, Jenna works as a video producer and editor, creating the ads that target you on Instagram. She co-produced, starred in, and edited Smooch the Tucc, a web series chronicling Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy, and she was the co-creator and co-host of two live shows: The Best Storytelling Show (we promise) and The Mister Rogers Variety Hour. Follow her work on IG @jennadio3 & at jennadioguardi.com.