Bethanie Statler San Diegan born, Heather grew up near several major research centers and universities. Her mother promoted her involvement in various science camps and other experience-based programs for children. In what Heather calls “a serendipitous turn of fate,” she attended Expanding Your Horizons event in California. Heather remembers, being surrounded by other girls [...]
Sarah Field Please note that the use of they/them pronouns is intentional and are the correct pronouns for Anna. Anna Villanyi has the unique job of a Gallery Learning Experience Coordinator at The Field Museum. Having held the position for a year, Anna's responsibilities range from staffing the museum's interactive exhibit space, The Science Hub, [...]
Ana Beiriger As things wind down from our annual conference in March, we’re taking stock of our seventh year in Chicago. On March 30th, we hosted 250 middle school girls from across the city at the University of Illinois at Chicago for a day filled with hands-on workshops in STEM. Dr. Jo-Elle Mogerman [...]
Marla Guggenheimer If you’re coming over to my house for the first time, you’ll probably be asked the question, “Do you want to see my worms?” No, I’m not talking about intestinal parasites. I’m talking about compost! I have a plastic tub in my kitchen filled with newspaper, food scraps and, you guessed it, worms! [...]
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