"Our first virtual meeting was in May 2024, and was followed by a couple more over the summer break. We talked about how a scientist finds and publishes knowledge, which introduced me to various types of journal. We also made a plan for the upcoming school year (during which we met virtually for 30 minutes each week), focusing on the research areas I was interested in learning more about and, hopefully, contributing to."
"During our weekly meetings, we talked about C.M.'s research on Arctic tipping points (an abrupt or irreversible change into a qualitatively different state), and I gradually started to play a more active part in the sessions by finding papers and summarizing their findings. This February, I visited C.M. at JPL, where I met his colleagues, who shared their career journeys with me."
A secondary-school student in Los Angeles was assigned to find a mentor and connected with a carbon-cycle and ecosystems researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The researcher agreed to mentor the student, and weekly 30-minute virtual meetings focused on Arctic tipping points, research methods, and scientific publishing. The student located and summarized academic papers, became more active in sessions, and visited JPL to meet colleagues and learn career paths. The mentorship culminated in a presentation reflecting on gained skills, hands-on research experience, literature-review practice, and clearer insight into environmental science careers.
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