Jess Peláez

In science, Jess Peláez says, you don't understand something until you can replicate it. And after living in Australia and Mexico and working around the world, Jess realized no one had a complete understanding, or replications, of the Earth's very diverse environments. She decided society needed Blueprint Earth — so she did what any budding…

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Joanne Brasch

Although no two days may be the same for Joanne Brasch, one aspect of her job is a mainstay: her passion. Joanne’s zest to bring attention to the diminishing sector of textiles research in the United States is evident. As a sustainability researcher and associate instructor in the UC Davis Department of Textiles, she teaches…

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Jessica Hammer

Jessica Hammer has always been a creator. In fact, she was only eight years old when she started designing her own games, which led to games for all of her friends' birthday parties, too. And now, as a Mellon Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellow at Columbia University, Jessica fosters that same creativity by designing a wide…

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Athena Vongalis-Macrow

Athena Vongalis-Macrow had just decided to leave her previous job and take some time off after a tough year when a position as a senior lecturer in the faculty of arts and education at Deakin University in Burwood, Australia came up. She decided to go for it, thinking she had nothing to lose. Athena got the job….

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Meghan Camp

Meghan Camp is a girl who isn't afraid to follow her heart. After working at Sears as a retail manager, despite receiving several promotions, Meghan realized the job just didn't fulfill her. But an interest in ecology and the natural world did. Meghan decided to go back to school and attended Washington State University. While…

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Tiffini Bauder

Have you ever stayed up late at night watching “Entertainment Tonight” discuss the latest celebrity fashion (and woes) and think, “How would I get a job making something like that?” If it sounds too fun to be true, you’re wrong. Tiffini Bauder is a researcher at “Entertainment Tonight,” a syndicated news magazine. Tiffini has worked…

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