Human Nature: Coming of Age Stories
b'Our new series, \\u201cHuman Nature,\\u201d begins today! Over the next seven weeks, we\\u2019ll share stories centered around our relationship with the natural world. In today\\u2019s episode, we\\u2019ll explore how our storytellers\\u2019 experiences with nature \\u2014 for good or for bad \\u2014 helped them grow into the adults they are now.\\xa0\\nPart 1: Longing to explore nature, a tumultuous trip to her grandparents\\u2019 farm sets Johana Goyes Vallejos on a path looking for the biologist inside her.\\nPart 2: Under pressure to fit in at summer camp, Misha Gajewski signs up for a canoe trip that she\\u2019s not ready for.\\nJohana Goyes Vallejos is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Missouri. She graduated with a B.Sc. in Biology in Colombia and received her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut. Her research has taken her to many tropical forests across the world, including Panama, Costa Rica, Guyana, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. At the University of Missouri, Dr. Goyes Vallejos continues her research on mating behavior and parental care strategies using frogs with elaborate parental behaviors as study systems. \\nMisha Gajewski is a freelance journalist, educator, and a senior producer for the Story Collider podcast. Her work has appeared on Vice, Forbes, CTV news, and BBC, among others. \\nAs always, find photos and transcripts from our stories at storycollider.org.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'