This wasn't my first time meeting with my mentor (Taylor Nairn). We decided it would be best to meet at her office and have her give me a tour, so that's exactly what we did. My lovely teacher Ms. Milani was so kind enough to drive me there since it is quite some time away, and my parents couldn't take me that afternoon. After 45 minutes, moving through rush hour traffic, we arrived! I was speechless, the view was incredible. She has the perfect view from her office, underside of the Golden Gate bridge. Aside from the two office buildings, they also have a pier with a small shack where labs and research is held. The tour began outside and we worked our way up and into her office. You would think it's a regular office with papers and file cabinets everywhere, but there's so much more than that. In the main entrance there are fish tanks, marine mammal fossils, murals of marine life, basically everything marine orientated! Some what like a mini museum. The remaining of the building are offices where the employees enter research into their database, edit and review research, or get some type of work done. Her office is located on the second floor, within her office there is a large closet filled with binders containing data of deceased animals from decades ago till now. She shares her office with two other people who practically do the same job she does, so it is quite large. She briefly showed me their database and all the data she has collected on beach surveys, along with data from past years. Then she asked me if I was willing to go up to Bodega bay to do a beach survey with her! I was super excited and didn't hesitate to say yes. Along with the survey she has planned for me to go every month for four to five hours a day starting January till April, having me help her input level A data into their database. Something she does on a regular bases. After that she walked me out and Ms. Milani and I were on our way home, content about what we discussed that day. I couldn't help but feel excited and inpatient about our next assignment since it was a month away, the beach survey in Bodega bay. So far this project has been stressful and successful, stressful because it took me a while to get a hold of Taylor and there being a possibility that she wouldn't be interested in being a mentor. The successful aspect of it is, that she did agree to be my mentor and that everything is slowly but surely falling into place perfectly. It just started and I cannot wait to see where it leads me to. Bodega ready or not, here I come!
Time logged for this session: 1 Hour
Total time logged: 1 Hour
* Late post due to not having accesses to a laptop/computer at home and relying on school computers.*
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