After taking BPK 326 (Functional Anatomy) and loving it, I got involved as an Anatomy tutor. We had a request from a BPK faculty member to do a tour of the anatomy lab for their child's highschool class. Some peers and I put together a little presentation for the class in the lab and we absolutely fell in love with teaching kids. We quickly got to work with Science in Action and we've been hosting workshops ever since.

I love teaching people who aren't being graded for their learning! Especially in anatomy: everybody has a body, so everybody can relate. I love getting to talk to people about the niche questions they have about an injury they experienced, or going on tangents that were absolutely not in my plan but are super cool nonetheless.

My advice for anyone interested in outreach: don't be afraid to get involved because you feel like you don't know enough! First of all, no one knows everything. Second, sometimes the coolest discoveries can happen when you don't know an answer to a question. Showing young people the process of figuring out an answer might even be more valuable than telling them the information in the first place.

I'd love to meet Taylor Swift (if she can fit me into her busy schedule).