Serena McCalla: Educator Who Built a Science Empire

About this episode

Serena McCalla shares her journey from an immigrant family to building a successful high school science research program.

In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, Richard Wiese sits down with Serena McCalla — National Geographic Explorer, molecular scientist, educator, and mentor featured in the acclaimed documentary Science Fair. Serena shares her journey from growing up in a hardworking immigrant family to building one of the most successful high school science research programs in the country. She explains how curiosity, discipline, and sacrifice shaped her path, and how she pushed students bey...

People in this episode

Host: Richard Wiese

Guest: Serena McCalla

Topics covered

• education
• science
• immigrant experience
• mentorship
• high school programs

Keywords

• Serena McCalla
• science education
• National Geographic
• mentorship
• immigrant family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Geographic

Books & works: Science Fair

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