I really enjoy doing STEM outreach work, and encouraging future generations to pursue scientific careers. When I started work in a large company, I was surprised we didn't already have a team of people regularly volunteering at schools and science festivals, so I took the initiative to set up the team myself. 6 months later, I had designed a mock high throughput screen and coordinated a team of colleagues to represent our company at a local science fair. We ran our experiment with around 250 children and got some really amazing feedback! I never would have thought that taking on a challenge like this would be something I could do, especially in the first year of my graduate career!