{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66d06c9ff16c66f62d039a57/6a70d2fcc41b8c1d30267be0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How to Finish Your PhD and Launch Your Editing Business (with a Toddler at Home)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66d06c9ff16c66f62d039a57/1785778702596-3c5b1aac-154d-4980-8494-3078d630f7b6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Thousands of moms around the world are getting their PhD while juggling many (or all) of the parenting responsibilities.</p><p><br></p><p>In this week's episode, I spoke with Laura Vasquez Bass, of Atlantic Editorial, about how she defended her dissertation and launched her editing business--while being a toddler mom AND an international student.</p><p><br></p><p>Laura is a September 2025 BAE grad who came to the US as an international PhD student, spent years as a managing editor at a peer-reviewed journal, and eventually realized that \"an intellectual is who I am, not where I am.\" That reframe changed everything.</p><p><br></p><p>Here's what we cover:</p><p><br></p><p>🤱 How Laura turned her research background in race, gender, and postcolonial studies into a niche that lets her charge for expertise, not just proofreading</p><p><br></p><p>🤱 How to find your coaching niche by drawing on your own life experiences</p><p><br></p><p>🤱 Why the real value editors provide has almost nothing to do with fixing commas—and why that's exactly why AI won't replace you</p><p><br></p><p>🤱 Why you don't need to be an \"expert\" to coach—you just need to be a few steps ahead</p><p><br></p><p>If you're burnt out, underpaid, and wondering whether there's a version of academic life that will give you the life you actually want to have—this conversation is for you.</p><p><br></p><p>▶️ Watch, then subscribe for a new episode every week.</p><p><br></p><p>Resources Mentioned:</p><p><br></p><p>Laura Vasquez Bass — AtlanticEditorial.com </p><p>Instagram: @atlanticeditorial </p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-vasquez-bass-phd/</p><p><br></p><p>Want to get my free training and find out how to become an academic editor or coach? Go to AcadiaEditing.com/live</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>1:49 Meet Laura Vasquez Bass, PhD</p><p>2:41 From London to a US PhD program</p><p>5:27 When academia stopped being the plan</p><p>6:53 Discovering editing through an academic journal</p><p>9:20 An intellectual is who I am, not where I am</p><p>10:31 Rethinking what it means to be an academic</p><p>11:08 Building a niche around social justice scholarship</p><p>14:38 Why editing isn't about fixing commas (and why AI won't replace you)</p><p>16:09 Two client stories: expertise and emotional labor</p><p>19:58 Launching a coaching practice for academic moms</p><p>25:58 The loneliness of mothering in academia</p><p>32:44 You don't need to be an expert to coach</p><p>35:04 Being realistic: business is an iterative process</p><p>37:35 The marketing lesson: content vs cold email</p><p>46:07 Delayed gratification and the 3.5-year cold email</p><p>48:17 Where to find Laura + outro</p>","author_name":"Paulina Cossette"}