Unlike the vast majority of my guests, she is not someone I met online or through my other work with educators. Neelu Kaur is one of my yoga teachers at the local studio where I practice!\u00a0 I noticed her book displayed in the lobby of the yoga studio one day, and the title caught my attention. It\u2019s called Be Your Own Cheerleader: An Asian and South Asian Woman’s Cultural, Psychological, and Spiritual Guide to Self-Promote at Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thumbing through it, I could see that Neelu\u2019s message was going to be relevant for me, even though I\u2019m not part of her target demographic, and I immediately thought about you all, and how many of you might need this message. I bought a copy and absolutely devoured it the next day at a local cafe, taking copious notes on things I wanted her to address with you.<\/p>\n And interestingly, as I formed the questions for the interview, I realized that her perspective is needed here not only for us to learn how to self-advocate, but also to share how we can support students who come from home cultures that deprioritize individual identities to focus on the collective.<\/p>\n As you\u2019ll hear throughout this conversation, I had a number of a-ha moments when new things clicked for me about the way students from these cultures perform in school and how we can support them more deeply.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/how-to-self-advocate-tall-1-333x500.jpg\")
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