Katherine Callahan is a rising senior at Colby College, studying Biology and Music. She is originally from Bailey Island, Maine, where she grew up going to the ocean daily, and what drew her to topics in ocean policy. Academically, she finds lots of overlap between her majors in the sciences and the humanities, and is inspired by creating accessible and interesting science writing for a wider audience. She has engaged in marine parisitology research in Dr. Fernández Robledo’s lab at Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences, and research on genetic testing being included in workplace wellness programs with a team from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency. It is within this intersection she finds herself writing in public policy– combining her passion for science with her passion to make a positive difference in the world around her. Outside of her academic and professional life, she enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking, skiing, and creating music with friends.