It would be an understatement to say that COVID-19 has drastically changed how people learn, work, and play over the past year. Before I began my remote position as a directorate fellow with the U.S.…

In my previous blog post, I mentioned how I thought my role here as a Resource Assistant was going to be mostly doing maintenance and Rech Tech work but things completely changed a few days…

On the 17th of June, I and other fellow Washington Office Resource Assistants (RAs) were given the opportunity to visit the Yates building for the day. Due to working remotely, I was very excited to get…

I’m approaching three weeks completed at Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge (Rio Mora NWR) through the Directorate Fellows Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The shortgrass prairie landscape of Northeastern New Mexico…

For the first month of my internship with US Fish and Wildlife, I will be working closely with MERITO (Multicultural Education for Resources Issues Threatening Oceans). They are doing beach camps for the month of…

I've always been a quiet, introverted person that was often more seen than heard and definitely didn't take the lead on many things prior to this internship. In my short time at Crab Orchard National…