Hailey Shchepanik, 2022 NPS

New places and faces: the start of a grand adventure

It’s mid-March – a late weekday evening. I’ve returned home after a long day in the lab, refining the molecular assay I’ve been working on and troubleshooting for months as part of my Master’s thesis research. I take the evening to catch up with friends and family back home. It’s

Hailey Shchepanik

Internship: National Park Service Research Internship Hailey Shchepanik, 25, is from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior, she graduated in 2018 with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Biology from Lakehead University. As an undergraduate student, she studied abroad in Singapore and South

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