As I finish my second year at Ohio State, I have started thinking about what I want to do after I graduate in a couple more years. While I still haven’t established my “dream job” title, I have started to narrow my focus on what I want my career to look like. I have stayed involved in the research lab I joined my freshman year and I have really enjoyed learning about what life as an academic and a researcher looks like. In my own future, I would love to continue to be involved in research after I complete my undergraduate degree. I see going to graduate school as a way of doing this. Additionally, as I have searched for summer jobs and internships, I have been able to learn about what different organizations around the country do to protect wildlife. I can see myself working in the fields of wildlife ecology and conservation from the conversations I have been able to have with employers.