Civic Engagement

I believe anyone can be a scientist, and I always emphasize that I am only a guide on the learning exploration, and there is still a lot that is still unknown. As a specialist in seagrasses and a passionate advocate for its conservation, I am deeply interested in increasing diversity, whether its fostering scientific engagement or actively empowering women of color in academia.

Seas of Diversity: Science Communication, Fun Activities, Outreach, and Empowering Women of Color in Academia

Unveiling JewelSea Catatee!

Meet @JewelSeaCatatee she a half cat, half manatee and she is a guide in visualizing different field and laboratory techniques.

Dr. Juliet Wong and I created JewelSea Catatee to make fun, interactive science videos in both Spanish and English to showcase our research, field, and lab techniques, and experiences as marine biologists. Explore more of our content on our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jewelseacatatee!

Fun Science Activities

Hunger Games- Beak Evolution

This activity is meant to mimic the natural world and have students begin to understand the evolution of different feeding strategies. May the evolutionary odds be ever in your favor!! The goal of the game is to model “survival of the fittest” and “specialization” of traits in species. Students will have a compete with eachother collecting "food" with their "beak". Students will collect different objects with utensils in order to demonstrate natural selection and adaptation in environments. Natural selection is an evolutionary process where the traits that are beneficial for a species to survive and reproduce are maintained in the environment and those traits that are not beneficial to the survival and reproduction of the species are driven to extinction.

Empowering Women of Color in Academia

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A safe space for WOC to simply exist

Check out our blog for teachings, learning, and tips and tricks. This is for anyone to reference during difficult times, stressful workdays, and moments when manifesting your true self.

I combine my experiences as a WOC Scientist by sharing my joy for communicating science and the struggles of being a minority in STEM.

Tips on successful mentoring — Kelcie Chiquillo, A WOC Space

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