#wmmc2019

I’m so lucky to work with this wonderful group of brilliant scientists/logistics masters on the Student Affairs and conference organizing committee. We struggled through months of planning (for the rest of them years!) and a mountain of challenges and tasks culminating in this epic week. Grants for students. Check. Awesome parties and student networking. Check. All worth it! Despite pitfalls and tangible stress and the ever impending events, we did it. I can’t wait to help more for the next one! Actually though yes I can, I need a break for a year 😂 #wmmc19 #wmmc2019 #marinemammals #smm #societyformarinemammalogy #science #thefuture #together https://www.instagram.com/p/B6DNlNfl2sz/?igshid=esaa2gppmny3

I awoke way too early from fear of not showing up on time. On this morning, we were honored with an invitation to the Presidential Palace of the Government of Catalunya. The boards of the Society for Marine Mammalogy and the European Cetacean Society were greeted with warmth and support for the Barcelona Declaration established at the World Marine Mammal Conference. The palace is not only the central hub for the government, its nearly a museum of the history of the people here and my own ancestry. We did our best not to look like a gaggle of tourists as we gawked at tapestries and wall to wall paintings but we had to snap a few :) #barcelona #catalunya #marinemammals #science #wmmc2019 #wmmc19 (at Barcelona, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6DLzbalNuG/?igshid=pnpey8oubizu