K. Fuentes conducting a bird survey in Dyea, AK; photo by Kelsey Graczyk. When I was preparing to move to Alaska for the summer, never did I think I would be able to use a childhood skill like “I Spy” in a professional capacity while out...
Hello from up north! Since my last couple blogs were dedicated to introducing myself and the area I just moved to, I thought that I would focus this week’s post on Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – where I’ll be working all summer! Established on...
A view of historic downtown Skagway, Alaska; photo by Katlyn Fuentes. Greetings from Skagway, Alaska! Time feels like it’s been passing so quickly, I can hardly believe that I’ve already been in this beautiful town for a couple weeks. Time flies when you’re having fun, I...
Hello again, everyone! I’m back and ready for another season with the Mosaics in Science Diversity Internship! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything on this website - so much has changed for me over these past eight months! To briefly...
It's the end of week 12, and thus my summer adventure has reached its conclusion. My how time flies! It seems like only yesterday that I was preparing for my road trip to California and now I find myself having just completed my last day...
Perhaps you’ve always wondered what it's like to be a field scientist, maybe you’re considering applying to the Mosaics program, or perhaps you’ve never really given it much thought but now I have you questioning what it would be like… If any of these descriptions sound...
Like I mentioned in my last blog, during the beginning of this month all of the Mosaics in Science interns (including myself) attended a 5 day end-of-internship conference in Colorado! While at the conference we presented our summer projects, learned more about careers within the...
This past weekend the National Park Service and Point Reyes National Seashore Association hosted the 38th annual Big Time Festival at Kule Loklo. This annual event celebrates the First People, the Coast Miwok, who once inhabited what is now known as Marin and Sonoma Counties....
I just wrapped up week 6 of 12 of my internship, officially putting me at the "halfway mark" of my summer with the Mosaics in Science Diversity program. I can hardly believe that it's been six weeks since I moved south to California and started...