• Question: What do you want to do for the world?

    Asked by anon-232891 to Rebecca on 18 Nov 2019.
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      Rebecca Shaw answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      This is a great question!

      I used to wonder where I would go in life, if I would make an impact and how I would do it! I still wonder this too!

      If I was being totally honest, I would want to be recognised for something I loved doing and respected by others in my field for doing it. I just don’t know what that IT is.

      I’m looking now into studying for my PhD and so trying to get one in conservation biology, conservation genetics or evolutionary genetics. So ideally I would like to contribute to the research in one or all of these fields.

      I want to make a difference, so I always try to do something helpful to society. I volunteer as a STEM ambassador, encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to get excited about science and our natural world. Getting people excited about these two things helps us realise that we still have so much more to learn and explore and in order to do that we need to care for and protect our planet. If I can do that, I will be happy.

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