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Ella's Internship with Felidae

When I applied to be an intern with Felidae Conservation Fund and the Bay Area Puma Project, I didn’t know what to expect. I was almost sixteen years old and had never worked anywhere before. The main reason I took this internship was to get experience in field biology because I knew that I wanted to be a field biologist when I grew up. When I started my internship, I was about to get my driver’s license, and was excited to put my newfound driving skills to the test. For my first day in the field, I met Lulu, who was about to complete her own internship with Felidae. Since Lulu had finished college and had significantly more experience than me, I felt unsure about if I was good enough for this internship. But she was very encouraging and told me how amazing it was that I was getting into the field biology industry so young, which helped regain my confidence for this internship.