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Science Communication Is My Springboard
  • Oct 11, 2020
  • 6 min

Science Communication Is My Springboard

I was faced with a difficult decision; continue taking chemistry courses and compromise my athletic season or switch my major.
Finding Your Path
  • Aug 20, 2020
  • 4 min

Finding Your Path

The opening question doesn’t need an answer, because what you’re going to be is not a destination.
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes
  • Jul 4, 2019
  • 6 min

Walk A Mile In Her Shoes

Why did it happen at all? I’d never been a target before.
What Would I Be if I Wasn’t a Scientist?
  • Oct 4, 2018
  • 3 min

What Would I Be if I Wasn’t a Scientist?

Tell me something that ISN’T science — go on, I dare you!
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