Dr Julia Derk & Dr Russell Ledet are here today to talk about their time together at NYU starting and running Clear Direction Mentoring. We'll also hear about their plans for the program and for their futures individually. 

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress or on Facebook at Storytellers of STEMM for more info! 

You can find Julia Derk on Twitter @DerktasticJulia and her website  www.drjuliaderk.com.

You can find Russell Ledet at www.the15whitecoats.org.

Clear Direction Mentoring: https://www.cleardirectionmentoring.com/

Recorded on 04 February 2020.

Courtney Saari is here today to tell us about her master's research studying red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, which was unique in that it was done collaboratively with multiple projects and students running research simultaneously answering different questions. Plus we have a tangent on mentoring! 

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/storytellersofSTEMM.

Recorded on 3 February 2020.

Ritika is a student from Nepal studying natural resources and she's going to tell us about her journey, research, the challenges of studying internationally, and her dreams. 

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter (@flyingcypress) or on Facebook at Storytellers of STEMM for more info! 

You can find Ritika Prasai on Twitter @PraisaiRitika. 

Recorded on 2 February 2020.

This idea has hatched to share the stories of the people behind the wide range of STEMM fields, and this is the first episode! It seems only right to start off by sharing one of my stories, so in this episode I interview myself and tell the story of how I became a field biologist. I recorded this sitting at my kitchen table, and it was my first attempt at podcasting, but enjoy anyway and come back for more stories!!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/storytellersofSTEMM.

Recorded in January 2020.