Persistence Not Perfection

Name:  Dana Carrison-Stone, MS Profession:  Marine Biologist Current and Previous Title (s):  Scientist, Living Systems Lab Manager at Exploratorium, Research Biologist/Curatorial Assistant at California Academy of Sciences, Field Biologist, Horse Trainer, and Motorcycle Rider  I am stubborn, I always have been, a stubborn introvert. I like to do things my way but I love to see things from other perspectives and learn how living things ‘work’. I do not believe everything I’m told. I strive to understand the natural world around me from observation and curiosity. I’m telling you this because these characteristics are what have carried me through life, it helps to know yourself, and to accept that you’re both different and the same as all the other people around you. No one can change who you are or take who you are away from you. Remember that, it is a powerful and wonderful thing. I am also smart and eager but not competitive. I despise being in the limelight an...

Name: Aviva Rossi, MS, PhD Profession: Wildlife Ecologist Title (s): Scientist, Professor, Research Director, Soccer Mom I haven't actually ever had anyone ask me for my high school GPA.  I knew that I was going to go to community college after high school, simply for financial considerations.  If memory serves, I started taking classes at the local community college at 14 years old.  I took a class in Orienteering and Navigation with my Mom, just for fun.  Then I had to take a class there my senior year of high school to get enough units to graduate, because I had failed too many in high school.  Looking back, I'm not even entirely sure I fully recognized the difference between a community college and a 4-year college/university at the time.  I picked a college that was in a beautiful area, somewhere around a lot of nature where I would want to live, and went there.  It was Feather River College in Quincy, California.  Although many people in my ...

 This project is dedicated to Gabe Whooley