Trinity Pierce's guest appearances

Trinity Pierce

Planted: Finding Your Roots in STEM Careers

Spontaneous Vegetation

Eli Brown

Eileen Myles

Annie Sprinkle

NALINI NADKARNI

STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER

LEILA DARWISH

Beth Stephens

George Johnson

Angela Ferguson

Willoughby Arevalo

Mario Ceballos

David Fenster

Terry Evans

Ben Kessler

Murphy Westwood

OwlTail

Nance Klehm

Trinity Pierce is a nature steward based in the Chicago area. She began her restoration journey during barefoot summers exploring woodland, bogs, and roadside wildflowers of northern Wisconsin. With a formal background in history and landscape architecture, Trinity thrives on leading and learning alongside volunteers of all ages. She has designed and implemented restoration projects from the mountain west to the midwest; from rural to urban ecosystems.

Nance Klehm with Nature Steward Trinity Pierce

Sometimes, does it really come down to trusting your gut? Setting a course within your STEM/plant career can be difficult when you are presented with multiple opportunities, internships or programs to choose between. In this episode of Planted, Dr. Murphy Westwood and Trinity Pierce share their insight on how they chose the opportunities in their path into STEM, and the skills they built along the way.  Bonus Content:   Dr. Murphy Westwood’s Profile and Favorite Plant Profile: Wollemi Pine  Trinity Pierce’s Profile and Favorite Plant Profile: Witch hazel  Learn more about Dr. Murphy Westwood’s current projects and publications and take a look at her Photo Profile Check out Trinity’s work with The Morton Arboretum’s Natural Areas Restoration Program in this Photo Profile  Classroom Activity: S1 E5 - Classroom Activity -ActionPlanEasternHemlockWoollyAdelgids.docx Dig Deeper into Endangered Trees by checking out some of the specimens highlighted in The Morton Arboretum’s Vanishing Acts Exhibit  Vanishing Acts Profile: Wollemi Pine  Vanishing Act Frasier Fir Both Trinity and Murphy discussed the internships and opportunities that they navigated to choose between within their careers. Check out more information on the Disney Horticulture Internship that Trinity completed or Kew Gardens Science, where Murphy worked during her master's program at the Imperial College in London.  

Sometimes, does it really come down to trusting your gut? Setting a course within your STEM/plant career can be difficult when you are presented with multiple opportunities, internships or programs to choose between. In this episode of Planted, Dr. Murphy Westwood and Trinity Pierce share their insight on how they chose the opportunities in their path into STEM, and the skills they built along the way.  Bonus Content: <ul> <li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17G2CCeaBku-1H3lbTH3qW6YmAszpRbYw/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dr. Murphy Westwood’s Profile</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12SGiLoabrYNYJHk9Ve2kstWYJQrAK8cv/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Favorite Plant Profile: Wollemi Pine</a></li> <li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-H2hQRTeib3Xs5QGDLLyhsAwHRJTmhsI/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Trinity Pierce’s Profile</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oWUCImJFal5cXGYa4Ja0mUerDNXElTFN/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Favorite Plant Profile: Witch hazel </a></li> <li>Learn more about <a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/science-conservation/scientists-and-staff/murphy-westwood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Murphy Westwood’s current projects and publications </a>and take a look at her <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1njEWlWEusFmt790_G0IP5nBb20bvqhb_/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photo Profile</a></li> <li>Check out Trinity’s work with The Morton Arboretum’s Natural Areas Restoration Program in this<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z8Z6hUGkDZCFqum0D1ae6JwxvK8qbXIS/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Photo Profile </a></li> <li>Classroom Activity: <a href="https://www.mortonarb.org/files/S1%20E5%20-%20Classroom%20Activity%20-ActionPlanEasternHemlockWoollyAdelgids.docx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">S1 E5 - Classroom Activity -ActionPlanEasternHemlockWoollyAdelgids.docx</a></li> <li>Dig Deeper into Endangered Trees by checking out some of the specimens highlighted in <a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/visit-explore/activities-and-exhibits/vanishing-acts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Morton Arboretum’s Vanishing Acts Exhibit</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/files/VanishingActs-ResourceGuide-Abiesfraseri.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Vanishing Acts Profile: Wollemi Pine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/files/VanishingActs-ResourceGuide-Abiesfraseri.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Vanishing Act Frasier Fir</a></li> <li>Both Trinity and Murphy discussed the internships and opportunities that they navigated to choose between within their careers. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiW_cE01djc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out more information on the Disney Horticulture Internship </a>that Trinity completed or <a href="https://www.kew.org/science" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kew Gardens Science,</a> where Murphy worked during her master's program at the<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/why-imperial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Imperial College in London</a>. </li> </ul>

Episode 5: Navigating multiple opportunities with guests Dr. Murphy Westwood and Trinity Pierce