ALT Michelle Barboza Diverse Geologists

ALT "While I loved spending time alone in the collections rooms surrounded by bones, I realized that my real passion was talking to people about science! As a kid, and even into college, I did NOT like science, let alone plan to pursue a career in science. But thanks to a required science class in undergrad, I found out that digging for fossils and spending your days outdoors making maps was an actual paying job... so I changed my major, and here I am nearly a decade later, declaring my love for bone and stone and the natural world to anyone who will listen!"