So I appreciate the clarity that this process has given me. I want the opportunity to transform a series of stolen moments and juggling multiple responsibilities into a sustained scientific career.

I'm not going to let anyone tell me no. (7/7)

But I didn't. And sometimes it feels like a consequence of my time outside academia, which prepared me to design creative solutions to resource constraints. Even if I ended up going about it a little unconventionally. (6/7)

But I look at myself struggling to achieve this 15 yrs later, and it's hard to imagine what I'll be doing in another 15 yrs, because of how much energy it takes to keep treading water in this field. I wish younger me had someone to help guide me into funneling energy into the right places. (5/7)

Now, my goals have shifted a bit in terms of specifics: I want to help astronauts prepare through analog fieldwork. I want to study the samples they bring back to understand volcanism on the Moon. I want to help planetary science be more accessible. But the idea is still the same. (4/7)

I want to be an astronaut. I want to study planets. I want to tell people about it. I want to make it easier for people like me to make it.

There was never *one thing* because every sacrifice and move I've made has been in pursuit of becoming a scientist. (3/7)

I was wracking my brain about whether there was *one* moment that triggered my "return." So I went back to look through the stack of research experiences and scholarships I've applied for and found myself saying the same things over and over. (2/7)

oh snap!! I saw these yesterday but was wondering how much they would expand for those gifted with ample calvage. they're beautiful!!!

to clarify, a lot of folks saying its funding related 😵

Yay PA ren faire weekend one is complete!!!!!

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Inspired by the vejigante costumes from Puerto Rico!!!

If I was a D&D character I'd be a variant of a tiefling bard!!!

#dnd #bard #puertorico

that was suppose to say cross??? welp