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Working with Linnea Stavney has been a prominent part of our internship experience, making our interview with her even more interesting. In 2016, she was a high school intern at ISB and now, after graduating from UW with a bachelor’s degree in biology, she\u2019s working under Becky as an ISB undergrad intern. With SEE, she is working on connecting ISB STEM curriculum to different career paths, which hopefully will encourage students of many different backgrounds to pursue fields in STEM. In the fall, Linnea is going to begin earning a masters at Island Wood for education with an emphasis on science education. It was interesting to hear about her experiences learning about social justice and how her path changed from wanting to go into research to pursuing a career that involved helping and interacting with others. Linnea emphasized the importance of taking the opportunity to explore different skills, topics, perspectives. As someone who is closer to us in age than other interviewees, her advice about and experiences in college was extremely relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quotes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile I really loved working in the lab, I wanted to do a job that connected more with people, where I felt like I was making an impact and not just adding to the reservoir of knowledge that is science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnother big tip is: take those classes that you don\u2019t think are going to be relevant, and maybe don\u2019t seem very fun, because they might be super helpful later on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI encourage you to pick something that you want to learn and try to teach yourself because it\u2019s really empowering\u2026 once you teach yourself that one skill, you\u2019re like \u201cI can teach myself anything!\u201d and that in itself is a skill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne thing I really love about ISB is that it\u2019s all about systems thinking\u2026 I can combine all of my interests of art, equity, education and science all into one job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think the best thing I can do is to remember that I\u2019m always learning and there\u2019s always room for me to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Working with Linnea Stavney has been a prominent part of our internship experience, making our interview with her even more interesting. In 2016, she was a high school intern at ISB and now, after graduating from UW with a bachelor’s degree in biology, she\u2019s working under Becky as an ISB undergrad intern. With SEE, she is working on connecting ISB STEM curriculum to different career paths, which hopefully will encourage students of many different backgrounds to pursue fields in STEM. In the fall, Linnea is going to begin earning a masters at Island Wood for education with an emphasis on science education. It was interesting to hear about her experiences learning about social justice and how her path changed from wanting to go into research to pursuing a career that involved helping and interacting with others. Linnea emphasized the importance of taking the opportunity to explore different skills, topics, perspectives.…<\/p>\n