What are you up to now?

Jhessye Moore-Thomas

REU '08

Mentor: Audrey Barker-Plotkin

Project: Investigating Water Table Levels Affected by Topography and Clearcut Forest Harvest (abstract)

Hometown: Tampa, FL

College and major: University of Central Florida, Environmental Studies and Film, class of '09

• What you miss most about the REU program: I miss the mentors! They were so awesome!
• What you miss least about the REU program: The ticks and the deerflies!
• What about the REU program has stuck with you: The amount of hard work and the beauty of presenting what you have done and learned to other people.
• Have you stayed in touch with other REU students?: Yes I have, on a facebook basis and sometimes by phone.
• Whether your REU experience supported or changed your career plans: Supported, yes!!!!
• What you're up to now: I am applying to Americorps... and I am committed to an eco-journey for the rest of my life!