SciComm and Outreach
I am a big believer in the power of science communication! Giving back to the community through outreach efforts is one of my passions, which is why I have collaborated with different institutions on a variety outreach projects and I have volunteered with the Museum of Natural History at Auburn University and different herbaria. Additionally, I enjoy illustrating and making educational tools for outreach initiatives! One of my latest collaborations is the Alabama's Biodiversity Passport, an effort done with the Auburn University's arboretum and museum of natural history!
You can download some of these here!
Featured in the media
My research has been featured in a few articles and I have presented in some SciComm related events as well as more traditionally academic ones. You can find links to them below!
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Research on Mimulus pictus at #BOTANY2022 - Nordic Journal of Botany
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BSA Spotlight Series - Botanical Society America
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How to color a sepal: the R2R3-MYB genes in the Aristolochiaceae - IISER Kolkata Campus Radio
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Flores, colores y genes - Revista Experimenta, Universidad de Antioquia
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Cientificas En Tu Barrio - Esporas Lab
Cientificas En Tu Barrio, Esporas Lab (2022)
SciComm
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Science communication panel (panelist) - Botany 2021 Conference (Virtual)
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CommSciCon 2024 Regional Conference (participant) - Atlanta, GA
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The Fern Mail 2020 illustration initiative (creator and illustrator) - Twitter
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SciArt LATAM (collaborator and event organizer) - Twitter, Instagram
Illustration
Plant Love Stories
I illustrated 2 Valentine's Day postcards for Plant Love Stories in 2021
You can access all their postcards here
UConn EEB
As an EEB grad student at the University of Connecticut, I volunteered with the EEB Grad Student Association, SEEDS UConn Chapter, and NatureRx by creating merch and posters
SOL Seminars
My logo submission for the SOL Seminars Logo competition was selected as the winner and was used during their monthly seminars
Outreach and volunteering events
• Exploring Alabama’s Biodiversity Activity Book 2024 (illustration)
• AUMNH Teen Science Cafe 2024
• AUMNH Open House 2023-2024
• AU Arboretum Azalea Festival 2024
• Wehle Nature Center Field Day 2024
• ComSciCon Atlanta 2024 (participant)
• Peer review for Undergraduate Research Fellowships (URF) 2024 -
Auburn University
• EmpowHER 2023 Breakout Session Leader
• Jr. Mad Scientist Halloween Event 2023
• AU Destination Stem Event 2023
• John D.Freeman Herbarium (AUA) Volunteer 2023
• Girl Scouts of America Event 2023
• George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN) Volunteer 2022-2023
• Peer review for BSA Plant Science Bulletin - Art in The Botanical Sciences 2023
• EEB Graduate Student Association 2022-2023 (UConn)
• NatureRx (2022-2023)
• Planting Science Mentor (2020-2021)
Social media
CapituLab
I help in the updating of both the social media channels and the website of the CapituLab at Clemson University. Here, I create social media posts for Instagram, Bluesky, and LinkedIn, and keep the lab's website up to date with news, photos, lab members, new publications, and more.
Follow the CapituLab
EvoCellBio
I designed EvoCellBio's website and the illustrations featured across the site including the lab logo and some of the member's cartoons
Wideman Lab at ASU
EvoDevo en Plantas
I designed the first website for the Plant EvoDevo lab at Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia). I also did photography for the group