There is a stereotype that scientists are all white men. However, by attending this Explorers program along with many other girls, we are proving that stereotype wrong. I am fortunate enough to be one of the 132 applicants to be accepted into this program. So far I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge, and had hands on activities throughout the past two weeks that I would not have had elsewhere. A variety of individuals gave incredible presentations and while I enjoyed hearing the speakers talk about their projects, I was most interested in the talk Marc Stewart gave. He is the medical director at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. This speaker stood out to me because he is a medical doctor, which I aspire to be. I have always found an interest in medicine and seeing an individual working in this field was fascinating to me. In the first image below he is showing the different stages of cancer and explaining how the deeper the cancer is, the more likely it is to transfer throughout the body. The second image includes tumors on a liver. It was interesting to find out that tumors are harder than the tissue because of mutations, and also because they are very packed. I had a great experience here at the Hutch and am thankful for the National Institute of Health for sponsoring this program, without their help this memorable experience would not be possible.
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