One of the main aspects about the natural world that I do not want to lose are the forests and the marshlands. For most of my life, I have lived in delicious forest areas throughout my entire life. The main part that I wanted to preserve are the young trees and not to continue destroying these natural landscapes. Another aspect that needs to be preserved are the marshes. Marshes are one of the aspects of nature that are not considered to be beautiful. They are known to smell and are often removed to make way for commercial business. Now there are more well protected in some areas but are still liable to being removed. Marshes are important estuaries for young fish and other wildlife. What I plan to do was to advocate for change through donations and having my voice being heard.

Stories are like trees. There are many of them in one space, but you often must connect to them to understand and comprehend them. Stories can be destroyed by people, made into something that is processed. After being processed, you lose the core of what the story entitles, becoming a product. Stories that are preserved lived through the different phases and it is something that can be adapted and retold many ways. Restoration of a marsh or a forest is creating more stories to be shared. That is what storytelling and creativity is.

During my senior year of my undergraduate in Georgetown, I worked on a research intensive senior project that focused on the clonal reproduction of Spartina Alterniflora. This is a marsh plant. Professor Hamilton and I focused on reviewing and reanalyzing a paper on Spartina alterniflora and its clonal reproduction rate. We wanted to examine how clonal reproduction can affect genotypic richness and its impact on the spatial distribution of clones.