Setback for a comeback I graduated with my MSc. in Geology during the 2013 downturn in the oil and gas industry. The oil and gas sector can be a really lucrative one to pursue a career in but is notorious for its cycles of boom… Read More »Coming to America: Part III
Stuck at home? Thankfully, there’s still lots that we can do! Science At Home takes discovery out of the laboratory and into your backyard. I teamed up with Chris Anderson, the host of Science Around Cincy to teach budding earth scientists how to explore for… Read More »At Home Science: Finding Fossils
Nightmares Dreams and Disappointments is Part II of the Coming to America series. Read Part I here. It is 2012 and I am back in Trinidad & Tobago. The mood? Somber. I’d landed an interview and was told it would be via telephone. This was… Read More »Coming to America: Dreams and Disappointments
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou That quote from Maya Angelou always resonated with me. But when it comes to diversifying my own field it’s pretty far from the truth… well at least… Read More »Being Black in the Geosciences
I was two years into my first job after getting my associate degree when I got my first promotion. Then came the news that would begin a wild new journey… My scholarship application had been denied and my dream of moving to the USA as… Read More »Coming to America: The International Student Edition