Episode 5: Navigating multiple opportunities with guests Dr. Murphy Westwood and Trinity Pierce

Planted: Finding Your Roots in STEM Careers

Sometimes, does it really come down to trusting your gut? Setting a course within your STEM/plant career can be difficult when you are presented with multiple opportunities, internships or programs to choose between. In this episode of Planted, Dr. Murphy Westwood and Trinity Pierce share their insight on how they chose the opportunities in their path into STEM, and the skills they built along the way. Bonus Content:

• Dr. Murphy Westwood’s Profile and Favorite Plant Profile: Wollemi Pine
• Trinity Pierce’s Profile and Favorite Plant Profile: Witch hazel
• Learn more about Dr. Murphy Westwood’s current projects and publications and take a look at her Photo Profile
• Check out Trinity’s work with The Morton Arboretum’s Natural Areas Restoration Program in this Photo Profile
• Classroom Activity: S1 E5 - Classroom Activity -ActionPlanEasternHemlockWoollyAdelgids.docx
• Dig Deeper into Endangered Trees by checking out some of the specimens highlighted in The Morton Arboretum’s Vanishing Acts Exhibit
• Vanishing Acts Profile: Wollemi Pine
• Vanishing Act Frasier Fir
• Both Trinity and Murphy discussed the internships and opportunities that they navigated to choose between within their careers. Check out more information on the Disney Horticulture Internship that Trinity completed or Kew Gardens Science, where Murphy worked during her master's program at the Imperial College in London.