Graduation… Now what?
I thought it might be time for a quick life update, seeing as I have missed a few months of blogging. This past month I graduated from Stanford University! It has been a wild ride of a senior year but I pushed through and now I have a Bachelor of Science in Earth Systems with Honors! I just want to take some space here to reflect on graduating and look forward to what comes next.
30 x 30 in the US
Last quarter for one of my class projects I explored what it would look like if we fully protected 30% of our national waters by 2030. Now that President Biden has signed an executive order to start making progress towards this goal I wanted to share what I completed last quarter. This is by no means a recommendation, and I do not claim to be an authority on where and how we should be protecting the oceans. I do however urge us all to do our part to make sure we protect the world around us so that future generations can continue to enjoy the beauty of this planet.
An Honors Thesis in the Midst of a global Pandemic
It is in times like this that you really appreciate how connected and collaborative science really is. I wouldn’t be able to conduct the research that I am without the help of my advisors, but also without the previous research and investigation of so many scientists whose published data I am gathering to answer this question. In order for me to conduct my research and complete an Honors Thesis I need the work and input of many, many scientists who came before me and all of those who helped and mentored them. We are all connected and current research and discoveries wouldn’t be possible without all of the work put in by those who came before us.