How are you inspired by science?

I really like figuring out how things work and not only seeing how they work, but how you can change things to alter the results; the entire process of scientific analysis and change. The whole reason I'm working with this gigantic data sheet is because I have a weird obsession with statistical analysis. Just seeing the differences in the why's and the how's of everything and how that relates to science is something I've been really interested in since freshman year of high school. The intricacy of science is really fascinating to me.

What sparked your curiosity in the intricacy of science?

I grew up on a farm constantly going outside, weeding, and doing science by myself; just accidentally. I have a pool in my backyard. There was a bunch of these frogs in my pool and they were very loud at night and it was really annoying and I couldn't sleep. I took all those frogs out of that pool and relocated them to a different part of our land. I didn’t kill them! But, that caused snakes to die and then all of the beetles. I’d accidentally done my own urban ecology experiment and once I did that, I was interested. I thought, ‘What else can I do to mess up my entire backyard?’