Would you say you gained an appreciation for science as a result of working at Tyson?

I did the SIFT program [Shaw Institute Field Training] the summer after my freshman year of high school. Then I did TERA [Tyson Environmental Research Apprenticeship] two summers in a row. Then I took a little break and now I'm back doing the Undergraduate Fellows Program.

What’s funny is that despite all these years I’ve spent at Tyson, I’m going to art school. I've always loved science and it's always going to be an important part of my life. Working at Tyson helped me realize that I love it, but I'm not sure it’s something I want to do as a singular career.

Do you view science as a form of art or art as a form of science?

Both. I think they are so interconnected that you can’t make the distinction. It also depends on one’s perspective, what type of art and what type of science, because they are such broad fields. I do think that they both include elements of each other and that they can’t be separated.

Do you see a relationship between art, hope, and science?

I do. Art and science are connected through observation at their core and hope is also something you can observe and something that can be portrayed in many different ways. Whether that is for science or art, for example observing endangered species that are coming back from the brink...that's hope! I think it is all interconnected. The core of observation ties it all together.