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Welcome to our newest episode in the Women in Climate series! I’m your hostess, Bianca Ruiz, and in today’s episode, we get the chance to talk with Mary Tullis Engvall, former Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability of Cigna and current Member of the Nature Conservancy’s Women in Climate Coalition. Listen to find out more about the Women in Climate network, Mary’s role in Corporate Sustainability, and how she is working towards finding new solutions to Climate Change!

Undergraduate Hailey Bladek talks with Michelle Stratton about her life and job as a fisheries scientist in Alaska. In this episode, they discuss climate issues in Alaska with  salmon and Michelle's experience in The Nature Conservancy's Women in Climate Coalition. 

The National Audubon Society is best known for their bird identification guides, but what are they doing about climate change? Robyn Shepherd, the Communication Director of Climate Change Advocacy at Audubon guides us through her work with Audubon, what it means for her to be a “woman in climate,” how climate change is impacting birds, and what we can do to help. This episode of our Women in Climate series is hosted by Cayla Romano, a University of Florida master’s student studying agricultural education and communication with specialization in communication.

In the episode, Robyn mentions this Audubon Climate Action Guide. Visit the link here: https://www.audubon.org/climate-action-guide  

Community Action Projects for the Environment, or CAPE, is a 4-H group dedicated to creating real changes to our environment through policy making. CAPE embodies the three 4-H project pillars – science, healthy living,  citizenship, and leadership. 

Sarah Wolking, a volunteer 4-H leader in Alachua County, Florida, explains what it means to be a student in 4-H and how today’s youth is enacting tangible change for the future of our environment through talking to change leaders in their community. 

This episode of Boundless Science is hosted by Cayla Romano, a University of Florida master’s student studying agricultural education and communication with a specialization in communication. 

Learn about the different Horse Teaching Units that UF offers along in this episode of our Boundless Science series. In this episode, UF undergraduate Hailey Bladek talks with Joel McQuagge, a faculty member in the Animal Sciences department. Listen to learn more about Joel's experience in the Horse Teaching Unit at UF, how he got into UF as a professor, and more!

Join Christine Westenhaver as she talks to a biological scientist at the Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce, Florida. In this podcast, we discussed the work of the Guzman SMART Irrigation and Hydrology Lab, and the work Zoe does there. 

Hear from your host for this series, Alice, an international master’s student from Ireland. She discusses why she decided to produce this series and the importance and relevance of food insecurity among graduate international students, contextualizing these topics within her own lived experience of grappling with work restrictions and the pressure to remain silent about hardship.

Ann, an international Ph.D. student from Canada, talks about her time as a student in the United States. Having completed a bachelor's and master's degree in the United States, Ann has experienced a variety of international student struggles over the years. From transportation issues to strict budgeting to accidental visa violations, Ann describes how she has overcome each hurdle in stride. 

John, an international master’s student from Haiti, details his return to school after spending over half a decade working in his field. As a student funded by a scholarship from his home country, John explains his experiences with resource and food insecurity, chiefly how he tries to balance his school workload with struggling to find work to subsidize his income. 

Nick, an international master’s student from Saudi Arabia, talks about his experience as a student funded by his employer. With only 30% of his salary to live on, Nick must support his wife, who is unable to work due to visa restrictions, and his 5-year-old daughter, while also being a full-time student.