Hello! My name is Cassidy Miles. I use pronouns she, her, and hers. I identify as queer and I am 30 years old. My hobbies are picking up trash while walking my dog and roller skating! I am currently finishing up graduate school at Western Illinois University for my Master’s in Biology. Important classes I…
Tag: Careers
Scientist's Interests and Careers: Julia!

My name is Julia Hampton and I work as an aquatic ecology technician at the Great Rivers Field Station (GRFS), which is part of the Illinois Natural History Survey. During the field season, June through October, I work on a team conducting fish surveys on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Our team samples fishes that…
YCITYSCI February Blog Post on Scientist’s Careers

Today’s blog post is brought to you by Candi Johnson. There are countless STEM careers, many that the general public do not even know exist. I would like to share my unique career and the path I took to get to it. I am the Program Coordinator for the SIUE STEM Center. What this…
Biologist - Plant, Cellular, Medical

Today’s blog post is brought to you by Xander Kalna Some of our students in the YCITYSCI Program are interested in learning about different careers that exist in the STEM field. Today’s blog post is going to explore the biologist career field in St. Louis, MO. There are several different fields of biology that are…
The Electrical Engineering Career

Electrical Engineering Today’s blog post is brought to you by Xander Kalna Since some of our students in the YCITYSCI Program are interested in electrical engineering, today’s blog post is going to explore the electrical engineering career. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics defines electrical engineering as designing, developing, testing, and supervising the manufacture of…