 I'm Frances Jans. I am attending the University of Colorado at Boulder studying ecology and evolutionary biology. I grew up in a family that loves science. While I love learning about all scientific fields, biology is my favorite because it's so accessible. Anyone can go outside and observe plants and animals and see for themselves the interactions that make up life. I really enjoy biology classes that apply computer programming to ecological questions. I searched for data in science internships and found me on. I am studying the effects of different sampling methods on the microorganisms that we collect in the soil. And just to see which ones collect the most different types of microorganisms for each location that we collect from. Microorganisms are in everything. Neon observes microbes because it's important to understand their influence on the carbon cycle. My project is specifically looking at how the way we collect the data affects the data that we get. I've learned a lot. It was really eye-opening to see the labs and to see that there are other things than just being a researcher that you can do with science. And so that's kind of the path I think that I am going to pursue now.