Johns Hopkins University

Since middle school, I have been captivated by the natural sciences and eagerly took notes in every earth science and biology class. During 10th grade, I was walking through the 4th-floor halls at my school when I spotted a tank of little wiggling fish. After a week, I shyly offered to scrub the aggressive algae on the glass. That one small decision launched me into running Trout in the Classroom and sparked a chain reaction of searching for extracurricular learning opportunities. With little experience in animal care, I learned everything on my own: how to test water quality, the ideal…