Sarah Von Hoene, 2021 National Park Service

The Buoyancy of Purpose

Hi there, and welcome! I’m Sarah Von Hoene, your 2021 National Park Service (NPS) Intern for the Our-World Underwater Scholarship Society. I’ve been following a childhood dream of becoming a marine ecologist since I was a kid, playing on the sandy beaches of Virginia. A few years ago, however, I

Sarah D. Von Hoene

Internship: National Park Service Research Internship Sarah D. Von Hoene, 25, graduated in December 2019 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her path to a degree was unconventional. Shortly after graduating high school, she served as an AmeriCorps intern, working alongside the

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