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This past summer, the Letters to a Pre-Scientist program’s mission got a refresh. Our original mission was to demystify STEM careers and empower all students to see themselves as future scientists. After many years of program growth, it was time to revisit this guiding statement and make sure it still aligned with our long term …
by Lucy 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Caitlin Mack, a masters student studying social behavior of animals at Michigan State University. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. More specifically, Caitlin studies the social behavior of animals, like African wild dogs, living in zoos compared to …
by Jenelle Whitman 
“Making it” – A pen pal success story Every year, we have a few pre-scientists who are hesitant to write to their pen pals. Each case is different- some pre-scientists have a hard time trusting adults, others don’t feel confident in their writing skills. We challenge our STEM professional pen pals to write back to …
by Jenelle Whitman 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Lauren Laboissonniere, a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Center for NeuroGenetics at the University of Florida. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. One thing Lauren is loves about her job is working “alongside some brilliant scientists who regularly challenge and inspire …
by Jenelle Whitman 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Lyra Morina, a Post-Baccalaureate Fellow in Immunology in Washington, D.C. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. Lyra hopes to become a physician-scientist, working with patients and also in a lab, by earning an MD-PhD. In the mean time, …
by hannahem 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Brittany Killingbeck, a graduate student studying Ecosystem Restoration at Niagara College in Ontario, Canada. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. Brittany’s favorite part about her job is working outside and watching sites transform into a healthy ecosystem that were previously …
by Jenelle Whitman 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Angharad Jones, the collections officer at Creswell Crags Museum and Heritage Center in the United Kingdom. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. Angharad, like many others, didn’t know that she wanted to pursue a career in STEM until …
by Jenelle Whitman 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Jakub Zegar, a soon-to-be environmental scientist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. Jakub is an undergraduate student majoring in environmental science with minors in geology and STEM education at Drexel University. Drexel offers a five …
by Jenelle Whitman 
This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Cassandra Lee, a research associate in Hong Kong, China. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. Cassandra is a Research Assistant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shatin, Hong Kong, China. In her work, Cassandra uses robots to …
by Jenelle Whitman 
Tell us a little bit about yourself! I am a Chemistry Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. As a chemistry graduate student, my job includes taking chemistry and education classes, teaching general chemistry lab, and researching the teaching and learning of chemistry at the college level. In my free time …
by Jenelle Whitman 
For the past few years, we have had the incredible fortune of attracting more STEM professionals who want to be pen pals than we have the capacity to match with student pre-scientists, hence, the waitlist! In fact, during the 2018-19 school year we had as many STEM professionals on our waiting list as we had …
by Lucy 
We’re nearly at the beginning of a new school year, but we have one more teacher blog post from last school year to share with you! This comes from 7th grade teacher Calypso Harmon. This year the 7th-grade students attending Shoreline Middle School in California are using chemical engineering to making bioplastics. In this …
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