So you want to intern a NASA? I don’t blame you! In my biased opinion, it’s one of the best places to intern! Me at my first NASA internship Here’s a fun fact: you don’t have to be in STEM to intern at NASA. Yes, you can intern and work at NASA and not be…
Science
Want to know more about my experience in science communications? Check out this section! You can also find information about becoming a science journalist, old stories of mine, and what it’s like to work at NASA and complete NASA internships. I have a passion for space and science but by no means am an expert, so please keep that in mind!
A Rain Forest in the Desert?! Explore the Science at Biosphere 2 in Tucson, Arizona
One of the most unique places in Tucson, Arizona, is the Biosphere 2. The Biosphere 2 is located to the north of Tucson, about 35 miles (or nearly an hour) from downtown. It's one of the spots that nearly every Tucsonan has visited and recommends to anyone who comes to town. It's operated and funded…
Four Days of Science: I Attended NASA’s Human Research Program Investigator’s Workshop in Galveston, Texas
Every year in January, NASA's Human Research Program hosts its Investigator's Workshop (or IWS for short). It's a fascinating time filled with technical presentations and inter-mingling of cultures. The Human Research Program does essentially what you'd expect: it's a NASA program that studies how the human body reacts to living in space. It's quite a…
2019: The Year of Changes
Hi everyone! I hope that you're having a wonderful holiday season. At the end of every year, I like to pause and look back at everything that's happened in my life this year. My blog is a great way for me to explore this because I can just go back through my previous blog posts…
Top 5 Things To Do in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas is one of my favorite places in America! I love it so much that I moved back here after graduation, and I want to share one of my favorite cities with my fellow bloggers and web searchers! Here are a ~few~ things that I think is exceptionally fun in Houston, Texas! 1) Immerse…
I got a job at NASA!
I GOT JOB AT NASA!!! The photo on the left is me on the first day of my very first internship at NASA in June of 2017, not knowing where that adventure would take me. The photo on the right is me nearly two years later on the first day of my post-graduation job --…
A blooming treat in the desert
Story originally published on the Arizona Sonora News Service This year’s superbloom in southern Arizona was a bright and colorful sight that will soon be fading into the glare of summer. With rains late in the winter season and cooler temperatures continuing through the winter, wildflowers thrived throughout the region from March to April. “We’ve had more flowers this…
‘Shooting stars’ and the quest to collect meteorites
Story originally published on the Arizona Sonora News Service Imagine being flown out into the middle of the Russian wilderness by helicopter. The helicopter drops you off with rations and supplies to last you a few weeks, which you’ll carry around with you. There is no Wi-Fi, no television, no bathing except in the frigid…
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