Outreach and Inclusivity

Bringing a Lens of Equity to Geoscience Qualifying Examinations

Two colleagues and I published a commentary in AGU Advances about inequity in geoscience qualifying examinations and concrete steps graduate programs can take to approach these examinations with an equity mindset. This work was also chose as an Editor’s Highlight in EOS magazine.

Science Journey: Exploring Our Blue Planet Using Underwater Robots

Every year, Caltech films several rising scientists talking about their journey into science. I was thrilled to be featured in 2023 as I talked to students in grades 5-9 about how my love of ships led to me becoming an oceanographer. You can watch my presentation on Youtube.

Writing about science for a public audience

I am always interested in sharing the exciting developments in oceanography and climate science, and I have pursued opportunities to communicate my work through groups that feature science-forward writing. You read some of my writing in The Conversation here and here.

Science events with the Pasadena Unified School District

The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) runs science events to expose K-12 students to a variety of topics in STEM. I am always trying to develop new, hands-on projects and demonstrations about oceanography and climate science for the students.

Float adoptions with the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling program

The SOCCOM program has extensively expanded our observations across the Southern Ocean with the deployment of hundreds of biogeochemical-Argo floats. Each float is adopted by a classroom and we decorate the float in order to show off their school pride!