Hello! My name is Ashley Frakes and I am a millennial tenure-track principal investigator leading a research group at the NIH. Hired by boomers, mentoring Gen Z, and juggling life in between – this blog chronicles my path through the changing world of biomedical science, from building a lab to raising kids. This blog is a creative project that started as an idea in a lactation room and was officially born during a government shutdown. This content does not represent the views of my employer and my views can evolve and change (as they should).