Episode Highlights:

• How to get paid to learn about cutting-edge science (without running experiments)

• Why you might not have to choose between art and science after all

• The day-to-day of freelance work (it might surprise you)

Timestamps:

1:33 - What is a medical illustrator?

4:25 - What does a typical day look like?

6:44 - What do you enjoy?

14:43 - What do you dislike?

17:27 - How does your career compare to your initial aspirations?

22:01 - What were your career milestones?

24:40 - What advice would you give an aspiring professional?

About Our Guest:

Avesta Rastan is a freelance medical illustrator and animator from Vancouver, Canada, with an Master of Science in Biomedical Communications from the University of Toronto. Her scientific illustration work has been featured by NASA, BBC, and UNESCO, as well as published in academic journals such as Nature, Cell, and JAMA. Recently, she founded Biophile Media – an online platform for educational visuals and creative storytelling that demystifies science, health, and climate research.

• Extended Interview - ⁠patreon.com/diverseroutes ⁠

• Avesta’s Instagram - @azuravesta and @biophile.media

• Avesta’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/avestarastan/

• Avesta’s Substack - https://azuravesta.substack.com/

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