Thread by @TaotaoTasi

Today is #WomenInScience Day, so please allow me to introduce you to some of the #WomenInSTEM who have made an impact in my career.
I hope you'll give them a follow so you can keep up with them every day of the year

Let me start with sharks.
@BiminiSharkGirl is the founder of @Sharks4Kids and educates students all across the globe on the importance of protecting sharks.
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It's hard keeping up with @leahmeth
We first worked together in 2012(!) to create @TheSharkStanley, the little character who helped protect sharks at #CITES2013
We later retooled him to create shark sanctuaries.

Another grad student I worked with was @sharksrcool08. Katie researched perceptions of sharks in several caribbean islands to earn her masters from @UniOfYork. Now she works for @katie_at_sea over at @oceana, just across town.

I've worked with @smash2277 for almost four years on the @pewenvironment @DonaBertarelli Ocean Legacy project. She's our team's Senior Manager and is basically in charge of everything.

Everyone in ocean conservation knows @charlottevick
I'm one of the many people she's helped to connect with other leaders in this field. If not for her, I probably never would have come to Washington, DC.
theterramarproject.org/daily-catch/un…

My counterpart on @pewenvironment @Bertarelli_fdn Ocean Legacy's science team is @baez_stacy. Dr. B worked with @DrAndrewThaler last year to create the largest fleet of robot drones in the entire world. Look it up!!

Back to sharks.
I worked with @LizKaran for almost 5 years to create shark sanctuaries, ban shark fins, and even protect sharks at #CITES. Today she leads @pewenvironment's efforts to protect the high seas.
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I mentioned her above, but @katie_at_sea put together a suite of @pewenvironment funded shark science projects that would help inform domestic management of sharks, mostly in the Caribbean
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One of those projects was the groundbreaking work of @judithbakker2, aka the shark poop scientist, who pioneered science to find shark environmental DNA in the Caribbeean
pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…
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The great defender of the Mariana Trench, Papahanaumokuakea, Pacific Remote Islands, and Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is @julesgoss. She's successfully defended our marine monuments for two years from the current White House occupant
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This list is getting kind of long, so I'm just going to tag more amazing women.
Please give them a follow!
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@EStokesii @Gt_Sawyer @ryann_w @bmcvrkel @kvossie9 @JaneLubchenco @SylviaEarle @karen_sack @mcmsharksxx @DivaAmon @bgrassbluecrab

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@paua_biologist @MiriamGoldste @marsecgina @AulaniWilhelm @auntynic @LWeiser @drmichellelarue @SurfNSeagrass @Lu_nibiri @Simbae8 @votetinasablan @christineenie @youngbiha @IngridIrigoyen @keoraborealis @rachel_wang13 @sharkespearean @RachGolden

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@nuludong @Kavanaghty @diplomatja @mashkalina @CaribbeanRobin @DonaBertarelli @huntleypenniman @KashaPatel @DivingWSharks @andoerr @jonikerr @AnaKSpalding @annaoposa @HeatherKoldewey @bonitabequita @Winnie_WYLau @DChris2012 @ocean_places

And finally, follow @AOC because she's going to save us all.

I've got a few more.
@emilyk516 worked for six years to help protect the waters surrounding the iconic Easter Island
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

She's not on Twitter, but Guam Senator Carlotta Leon Guerrero is the reason I work for Pew (it's a long story)
taotaotasi.com/2014/05/chuuk-…

Also not on Twitter, but incredibly influential in my career is Northern Marianas Representative Cinta Kaipat
taotaotasi.com/2008/10/cinta-…