Outreach

At my current institution, I am one of the steering representatives for URGE (Unlearning Racism in Geosciences) and am one of the student leaders of the K-12 & Outreach Working Group. This past October, we organized a geology field trip for local high school students. High School student participants and Undergraduate and Graduate mentors worked together to learn about making observations as a scientist in the field, identified features in outcrops, and discussed geologic processes. Many high school students hadn't had Earth or Environmental Science courses (75% according to our survey!) so this event was potentially their first exposure to geoscience. I hope to continue to do this kind of work in graduate school and beyond.