I graduated with a bachelor's in biology from the University of Rochester in 2013, and I received my Master's degree in biology in 2016. I had the unique opportunity to be a teaching assistant in both my undergrad and graduate school careers.

I firmly believe that the best way to learn a topic is to teach it to somebody else, and experiencing science both from the student perspective before teaching it gave me some valuable perspective about information that teachers take for granted, thi...