24 June 2020
The New Normal: Working From Home with Obligations and ADHD
Hello all! What a wonder to, as is so common now, be talking to you through a little screen from inside my house. Even though I would’ve had to write this whether I was in…
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19 June 2020
How does a National Historic Site, built in 1759, go virtual?
Turn on laptop. Login. Click to Join Meeting. This year has definitely served as an important time to slow down, reflect, and find ways to make our situations better; that’s exactly what my virtual internship…
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19 June 2020
The Best Ice Breakers Break Hard Ground
The ice breaker was scheduled for an hour. A whole hour. I'm sure I'm not alone in my loathing of ice breakers. They quite literally feel cold, effete, an experience that, if any bonds come…
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19 June 2020
Representation in Outdoor Spaces Matters!
Hello everybody! Hola a todos! I just finished the second week of my internship, and so far this experience has been different from what I expected it to be. The pandemic brought about a lot…
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12 June 2020
Working for the National Park Service in their D.C. Office (but really my dining room table/backyard)
Hi all! Hola a todos! Last week I started my new job as a Citizen Science Latinx Engagement Intern for the National Park Service in their Washington D.C. Area Support Office, or WASO for short.…
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03 June 2020
Learning to Love in Justice
The video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officers is atrocious. He called out for breath. He called out to his mother. No one helped him. Prior to his murder, Breonna Taylor was murdered by…
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