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Third Time is a Charm
I’ll be going back to sea in less than two weeks. The time has come so quickly. I have known for two years since my last expedition that I would be returning to 9 degrees north of the equator in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, but I did not know exactly when until a few months Continue reading
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Finding Balance
This last semester, the start of my second year in graduate school has been extremely challenging. I’ve had a lot of challenge in my life, but navigating new challenges, or a unique array of old ones sometimes can be very exhausting. I took a genomics class, taught two Biology 2 lab sections, and still tried to get Continue reading
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The Next Level
I have been living in Tampa for exactly one year and 3 days. On July 31, 2014 I drove from Philadelphia to Florida with my 3 cats to start a new chapter in my life. As a new year of graduate school begins, I am tentatively outlining my agenda for the coming semester. My current Continue reading