Dr. Chavez’s Research

This past school year, I had the opportunity to work under Dr. Chavez in undergraduate research. This research is under the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology and the Museum of Biological Diversity at The Ohio State University. The lab’s research is mostly studying patterns and processes of mammalian diversification. They use expertise in areas such as evolutionary biology and animal behavior. Having spent many hours a week in this lab, I have been able to gain knowledge on animal prepping for museums and labs, as well as being able to meet many students who are interested in the same career goals as I am. I found that the more sessions of research I attended, the more I understood and learned from the week before. My animal prepping skills have highly improved since the first day and I now have a strong research program to be a part of. I intend to join this research lab again in the next school year and I highly enjoyed my time working under Dr. Chavez.

Scholars Zoo Trip- Behind the Scenes

On October 7th, a group from the Biological Science’s scholars group visited the Columbus Zoo. During this trip, we had the chance to go behind the scenes in the Manatee exhibit. With being a Biology major and having hopes to work with animals one day, this gave me a real-life view into what my work one day could consist of. Not only did it give me insight to the job, but helped confirm what I wanted to do as a career after getting my Biology degree. I hope to be able to find an internship with similar jobs as the ones I am interested in. Overall, the zoo trip was a great and fun experience, and it was nice to feel like a kid again!

Art In Root

In my Senior Year at Seton High School, I entered an art competition called Art In Root. This art competition combined art with nature, as students from different high schools through the city incorporated different nature aspects into their art. For me, I have always found beauty in sunsets, which is the part of nature I incorporated into my artwork. Nature has always been a love of mine, which led me to my career path of Biology. I placed third for my Photoshop artwork, which then got showed in the Sharron Woods Park art exhibit. This piece is called “Seeking the Horizon”.