On Monday, I turned 22. I wanted to take the day to step back and recollect. I wanted to enjoy myself for being me, and enjoy a little nature of course. Here’s some of my favorite selections from the walk. It’s been a great 22 years so far, can’t wait for this next year!
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New Publications!
Two papers have just been published from the Castillo Lab at UNC! These were particularly exciting for me, as they were the main projects that I participated in during my undergraduate career. These papers officially mark my first appearance on peer review publication! Check out my personal summaries of each below, and read the papers […]
How to Procrastinate After Graduation
So with Labor Day Weekend as the decided end to summer, it has come time to sit back and reflect on graduation, the summer, and what to do now. Before this summer I had always had something I was headed towards at the end of the summer, and now was always a time to prepare […]
Maximizing Time: A Week(end) In Hawai’i (Part 2)
My previous post delineates my lessons from the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Honolulu, Hawai’i. But I also want to spend some time reflecting on the time I spent in Hawai’i, not just ICRS. My shoestring budget meant that I outside of days at the conference itself, would only have two full […]
Maximizing Time: A Week(end) In Hawai’i (Part 1)
Flying by night, couchsurfing, long bus rides…I had one chance to make sure I squeezed in as much I could on as tight a budget as possible in Hawai’i. Six months earlier, I had submitted an abstract for the International Coral Reef Symposium, to take place June 20th-June 25th in Honolulu, HI. To a […]
The Road Trip
Some of my first memories of my life are in school. I spent some of my earliest days in pre-school, learning about rain, puddles, and sprinklers (I liked water back then too). School for me has always been a dominant part of my life and how I invest my time, so when it came to […]
Yosemite: Where There Is Always More To Do
A fantastic finale to my summer filled with travel, I have returned from Yosemite National Park, a place fully deserving of the title “Destination of the World”. The sights, the incredible geology, and of course the many places I found to swim made my very short visit to Yosemite National Park all too short for […]