Internships can take you all over the world and provide valuable insight into the career of your dreams. In this episode, Ashley Tuffin, a research assistant at The Morton Arboretum, describes how the internships guided by your interest can shape decisions and directions within your STEM/plant career trajectory.

Bonus Content:

• Ashley Tuffin's Profile and Favorite Plant Profile: Oaks (family)
• Classroom Activity: Environmental Survival with Pokeman
• Follow Ashley's Journey by exploring their blog
• Explore Ashley's internships (both at The Morton Arboretum and in Sweden) through this photo profile
• Learn about classification and phylogeny using Pokemon
• • Check out this NSTA article about using Pokemon to teach scientific classification
  • Check out an evolutionary outline of pokemon characters/creatures