• I Was A Kid Connecticut project •
Thanks to some wonderful donors, new I Was a Kid profiles are on the way for FREE to Connecticut teachers.
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The Connecticut Department of the Arts, Cigna, and the Connecticut Science Center have has funded a growing set of I Was A Kid profiles of Connecticut STEAM professionals.
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Featured:
• Kat Milligan-McClellan, University of Connecticut -- the first Iñupiaq Ph.D. in microbiology
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• Tracy Romano, Mystic Aquarium's chief scientist
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• Nurudeen Lucky Osumah, UConn Health Center resident in emergency medicine
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• Robert Glaspy, director of the Connecticut Association of Paramedics and EMTs
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On Their Way:
• Jessica Alicea-Planas, Fairfield University associate professor of nursing
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• Sefra Alexander, the Seed Huntress
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• Sahar Saleem, radiologist and mummy expert at the Barnum Museum
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• Karen Romano Young, founder/director of IWAK
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• and more!
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As always, digital files will be available free and printed trading cards and posters at cost.
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Contact wrenyoung@gmail.com to partner, fund, or be profiled in this effort!
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