Meet Anya St. Martin, 2021 REU Scholar

We are pleased to introduce a new REU team member in the first of a 10-part series introducing the world to our 2021 NSF REU and RET scholars.

Bio: My name is Anya St Martin, and I am a freshman at Macaulay Honors at Hunter College, and my current major is Environmental Science with a possible double major in Human Biology. Being an international community scholar in this UCF REU and RET Site for me means to be an understanding researcher and put the community first. The research should be thought of as something that is being done with the community, instead of to it or in it. The research and scientific process should be completed as needed, but those who are working should always keep in mind that the research they are doing should ultimately be in line with what the community wants and what would benefit them. This is especially important in an international setting because the experiences of the community could be vastly different than those in the United States.