NewsDrop-Winter-2021

Photo: EAA Hydrogeologist, Jessica Quintanilla, prepares a water quality sonde for deployment in Bandera County, TX.

has long been a proponent of hiring a diverse and talented workforce in all facets of its operations, including science and research. Though STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) career fields are traditionally male dominated, the EAA has had the pleasure of hiring a number of up and coming women scientists on the Aquifer Science Team. Each of these women took the opportunity to share with the NewsDrop readers the unique stories about their education and STEM path and career milestones at the EAA in the hopes of inspiring other young women to join STEM fields.

Photo: EAA Lead Hydrologic Data Coordinator, Gizelle Luevano, and EAA Hydrogeologist, Jennifer Adkins- Schudrowitz, collecting water quality samples from Comal Springs, New Braunfels, Texas.

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