I’m a recent graduate from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, with what they tell me is an incredibly useful degree in Liberal Arts. What it doesn’t say on that wildly expensive piece of paper is that I’ve had the good fortune to study physics through many different lenses, from history to philosophy. Beyond academics, I directed my school’s Shakespeare group and edited the news section of its student paper.

I’ve come a long way (more literally than metaphorically) from my hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico, but science writing has always stuck with me. I love communicating the complex ideas at the heart of prickly physics issues. I’ve tried to carry my curiosity for the things that make the world tick through a long list of odd jobs in physics—TA, tutor, research assistant, the list goes on. I’m thrilled and honored to be able to carry that curiosity with me to Physics Today this summer.