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Abstract

While I’m an oceanographer first and foremost, I do have formal training in (physical) geography and terrestrial geology. And this background has allowed me to achieve some pretty neat things, especially so considering I’m a Black American female scientist. I’m pretty modest when it comes to tooting my own horn, but when hard work pays off, being acknowledged can be refreshing. I’ve been to bottom of the ocean. I’ve mapped the ocean floor. Well, a lot of it – but in 3D – and we’ll hopefully have the entire seafloor mapped by 2030. But accomplishments aside, I’d like to give you a quick look at my journey en route to becoming an oceanographer-geographer. Maybe it will inspire you. Maybe you’ll share it with someone, and it will inspire them. Or maybe it will just be an interesting read. In any case, knowing a person’s background – finding similarities and differences – can be the spark that propels us to achieve new heights (or depths, in my case).

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