Ep 81: The Shared Story of Everything - The Journey

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Colleen Kelley discussing her journey into chemistry and the impact of early experiences on her understanding of science.

We continue our interview with Colleen Kelley of Kids Chemical Solutions to learn about her journey into chemistry. Her journey began with a harrowing experience running from “raining radiation” as a young girl, facing this uncertainty with the same confusion as the adults around her. Reflecting back on this experience, Colleen realized that a lack of clear guidance and good communication founded in molecular literacy made it impossible for her, and those around her, to grasp how the communit...

People in this episode

Hosts: Shekerah Primus, Fatu Badiane

Guest: Colleen Kelley

Topics covered

• chemistry
• personal journey
• communication
• molecular literacy
• childhood experiences

Keywords

• chemistry
• radiation
• communication
• molecular literacy
• childhood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kids Chemical Solutions

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