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A Turtley Awesome Story
The Background The You Should Know From the 14th March, 2025 to the 2nd August, 2025, I was in Costa Rica as a Sea Turtle and Wildlife Conservation Intern. As part of my internship, I participated in 12 km (~7.4 miles) beach walks at night and in the early morning. At night we searched for…
Madagascar: Land Of Lemurs And So Much More!
I went to Madagascar! If you are unsure where Madagascar is, it is the large island off the east coast of Africa. It is actually the fourth largest island in the world. After 1. Greenland, 2. New Guinea, and 3. Borneo. If you are thinking, “But isn’t Australia bigger than all of those?” Yes, it…
The Train West
Introduction It’s been a whole year since I last posted, whoops! Exploding head emoji. Anyway, earlier this year I entered a fiction short story writing competition through NYC Midnight. On the first day of the competition at midnight New York time the competition starts and each participant is given three prompts they must include in…
Women In STEM: Alice Augusta Ball (The Cure for Leprosy)
STEM STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Today’s Woman in STEM mainly worked in the Science category. Introduction Our fourth Woman in STEM is Alice Augusta Ball (July 24th, 1892 – December 31st, 1916). She was a Black American scientist who discovered the first cure for leprosy. Early Life Alice Augusta Ball was…
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