AgAccess Student Achievement Assistants: Academic Year 2025-2026

Di'Carlo is as master's student studying the life history consequences of insular dwarfism in California reptiles.

• Major: Ecology (M.S. Candidate)
• Previous Degree(s): Biology (B.S.); Minors - Chemistry, Environmental Science
• Research Focus: Ecology and Biology of reproduction in California reptiles, comparing reproductive characteristics between island and mainland populations.
• Loves: Cooking, Weightlifting, Basketball, Traveling and being Outdoors (fishing, herping, hiking, etc...)
• Dislikes: Rudeness, cloudy weather, and being unprepared.

Emma is a newly minted PhD student studying Education, Development and Community Engagement, working with Keystone Collective Partnerships and Penn State Outreach.

• Program: Education, Development and Community Engagement.
• Previous degree(s): BioRenewable Systems (M.S); Environmental Resource Management (B.S.); Minors - Sustainability Leadership, Watershed and Water Resources, International Agriculture, English
• Research focus: To be determined.
• Loves: her cat (Roary), spending time with friends, reading, the leaves in the fall, shore birds, cycling classes with really good music, romance shows, Tears of the Kingdom
• Dislikes: test anxiety, not checking the weather before she leaves the house, realizing that she forgot to pack a laptop charger