When people hear the word scientist, many imagine the same person: someone in a white lab coat, surrounded by test tubes, speaking in technical language and possessing a special kind of brilliance. That person exists...but they are only one version of a scientist. Scientists also work outdoors, in hospitals, at computers, in museums, in classrooms and … Continue reading There Is More Than One Way to Be a Scientist
Have we lost feeling human?
I feel because I am a human. You are a human too. When experiencing pain, cry. When you see see a beautiful flower, allow awe of its colors and its delicacy. Feel shame when you hurt others, feel a sense of responsibility to protect people who need protection. Reach out hands to help those who … Continue reading Have we lost feeling human?
1 year at Stanford
Time passed differently this year. Some weeks stretched endlessly, others disappeared before I could name them. I arrived with questions, hoping to find answers in structure and logic, but the most important realizations came quietly, in the spaces between. There were moments of clarity and moments of doubt. I learned that strength does not always … Continue reading 1 year at Stanford
The Bay – A Land of Milk and Honey
The Bay moves in rhythm, bridges arching like outstretched arms. The hills roll steady, golden and green, their peaks as sharp as ambition, their valleys as soft as dreams. In the morning, the fog wraps the world, a veil hiding what’s yet to come. But the sun cuts through, and there it is— the glint … Continue reading The Bay – A Land of Milk and Honey
Aerial Earth
This is one of my favorite things ever-when I see aerial views of the planet, I love being able to see all of earth’s “veins and roots” and how it’s all being connected.
Reflections: One thing that makes you really happy daily
Learning and understanding how “Earth things”work and why they work the way they do, blows my mind. It makes me happy everyday to learn something new about these parts of the universe that we all are. I think it’s a privilege and science is extremely beautiful! What my best friends and other people said: Julia: … Continue reading Reflections: One thing that makes you really happy daily
3am
3am Hello old friend, 3am. It is not often that we see one another yet, when we do it is often here that my wildest thoughts are held to come through. I sit here, laying awake. Think of space, existence, love, morals and even silly past fates. It is with you that my true thoughts … Continue reading 3am
Reflections: Goodbye for now South America
This past year transcended far beyond the traditional sense of an academic experience, with studying abroad in Tucumán, Argentina and then Interning in Quito, Ecuador. I have met incredible scientists who have educated me about the world I am interested in, activists who have taught me to stand up for what I believe in, linguists … Continue reading Reflections: Goodbye for now South America
Coincidental yet inspirational friends
During Carnaval weekend I went to Montañita with my good friend Jess who I have previous written about. In case you missed it, she is an undergraduate student from Michigan who is in Ecuador working at a safe house for young girls who were sex-trafficked. Okay okay, so Montañita is a beach notorious for its … Continue reading Coincidental yet inspirational friends
Reflections: Privilege
Living within different cultures has made me reflect a lot about my own perceptions and reminded me to try to separate people from their government, because someone's own beliefs and desires does not make them her/his government. Rather, we are all born in whatever country we were born in by chance and now we have … Continue reading Reflections: Privilege
Captured Instances 