The Center for Open Exploration, Women in STEM, and Antarctica with Erica Moulton

Share your Field Stories!Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Erica Moulton, STEM Director at St. Petersburg College about The Center for Open Exploration, Women in STEM, and Antarctica.   Read her full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 3:34  Nic & Laura discuss the hazards of fieldwork8:47  Interview with Erica Moulton starts9:21   Women in STEM24:42  Antarctica35:28  The Center for Open Exploration44:28  Field NotesPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Erica Moulton at www.linkedin.com/in/erica-moulton-1587335Guest Bio:Erica Moulton has over 20 years’ experience in STEM education and research in the marine technology and biology field. She owns a small business PVC ROV providing kits to classes and programs around the world.  Erica created a non-profit Center for Open Exploration (C4OE) for grant allocations to citizen science projects. She has worked across the US and abroad, in the non-profit and for-profit sectors teaching marine technology.One of 16 Honorees’ named to the Explorer’s Club on the 40th Anniversary of women being admitted to the organization.  Erica was awarded NAUI’s Worldwide Environmental Enrichment Award and American Geophysical Union award for Sharing Science.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.