I was born in Arizona and moved to California early on in my life; I’ve been a Berkeley native ever since! Growing up, I played the saxophone, sang in choral groups, and also loved soccer and body surfing. In school, I was always interested in science and how the world worked — I loved spending time in natural habitats. My interest in science began when I visited different places in the Bay Area from the time I was a very young child, including tidepools, forests, and beaches. I began to think about the animal species that lived in all these different habitats, and I fell in love with the...