Fellow Projects Overview
2021 Fellows
sara Gutierrez
Sara Gutierrez (she/they) is a Colombian-American Planetary Geophysicist, artist, and community organizer. Sara’s project, "Just Science for [You]th", is a political education program that will support migrant high schoolers of Cleveland, Ohio, as they develop projects and develop transnational solidarity with students in Colombia.
Kendra Krueger
Kendra Krueger (she/her/hers) is an intersectional scientist, educator, artist and woman of color on many edges. Kendra’s project, "The Community Sensory Lab", seeks to empower students and community members to be environmental advocates using Do-It-Yourself sensing technology.
Dr. Janina M. Jeff
Dr. Janina M. Jeff (she/her/hers) is a population geneticist, bioinformatician, STEAM-activist, educator, motivational speaker, and podcaster. Janina’s project, "In Those Genes", is an independent podcast that uses genetics to decode the lost histories and futures of African descendants.
Syrita Steib
Syrita Steib (she/her/hers) is the founder and Executive Director of Operation Restoration. Syrita’s project, "Operation Restoration: Lab Assistant Program for Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Women", provides training and courses for currently and formerly incarcerated women to enter the workforce as lab assistants.
Jessica tRan
Jessica Tran (she/her/hers) is an American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Fellow. Jessica’s project, "Mapping the Extent of the Tar Creek Superfund Site", aims to hold the EPA Region 6 Office, local politicians, and state-level agencies accountable and spur greater remediation efforts.
2020 Fellows
Rose Bear Don’t Walk
Rose Bear Don't Walk (she/her) is an Indigenous Ethnobotanist and rotating host of SciShow. Her current project, “Recovering our Roots”, is centered on working with the Salish people to revitalize and reintegrate traditional food plant knowledge in the hopes of improving tribal health and cultural longevity.
Dr. Jasmine Drake
Dr. Jasmine Drake (she/her) is an Associate Professor at Texas Southern University is a Governor-appointed commissioner for the Texas Forensic Science Commission. Her "STEM-U-SPHERE" project is a CSI-themed summer science training academy at the Texas Southern University Forensic Science Learning Laboratory for middle school girls from disenfranchised communities around Houston, TX.
Dr. Seanna Leath
Dr. Seanna Leath (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia specializing in experiences of Black youth and young adults. Her project, “Black Girls L(earn) E(xplore) A(nd) P(lay)-Black Girls LEAP” will build a science and social community for K-5 Black girls living in the Westhaven public housing development through field trips and community center workshops.
Kelly Montgomery
Kelly Montgomery (she/her) is Ph.D. candidate at UCSF and a digital storyteller. Her “I see you, Women in STEM” project involves writing graphic novels featuring the diversity of STEM women who exist at the intersection of multiple identities. Copies will be distributed to schools and libraries in Madison WI; San Francisco, CA; and Philadelphia, PA.