American Progress
Today has been a reflective one. Around a year ago I was leaving Delaware and driving across the country to go to an internship in Dallas and be at my younger sister’s wedding in Galveston, Texas. In the year since I have moved from Dallas to Kansas City and I married Daniel Cull in March.
Conservation graduate school is extremely stressful and competitive, and it feels like the emphasis is on travel to other countries or taking on huge scientific research projects. I was more interested in helping those entering the field and connecting to collections in need and it is hard to make that sound glamorous or exciting as it involves those that are already being neglected. But, I have accomplished great things in the past year and I am glad that I took a different path. I do fit into the international conservation community and I belong there.
In August, I will move to Phoenix, Arizona to begin working freelance in conservation. I am excited to actually be in the same city as my husband and to go to a region that has some great art but does not have a large conservation community. I wonder if I will always be searching for the neglected communities, projects, or art and if their recognition will be my biggest contribution to the field.
Onwards,