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When we grow up, we hopefully have role models.

Like, for baseball players, you might have had Ichiro Suzuki, one of the best hitters

in Outfieldsmen in the game.

I had Wolverine from X-Men hanging on my bedroom wall, but I can remember a couple female

role models that I looked up to like.

Dr. Mae Jemisin, who was a physician, engineer, and the first black woman to travel to space.

In college, I learned a little about Dr. Chen Zheng Wu, a female scientist who revolutionized

particle physics during the World War II era.

And recently, I just learned about another physicist who, over 150 years ago, was at the

forefront of climate science.

Her name was Eunice Newton-Foot.

So, when I learned about Eunice, I feel maybe we're on a first-same basis at this point.

They're best friends now.

We're really good buddies.

That's Dr. Catherine Wilkinson.

She's a scientist and the editor of All We Can Save, an anthology about prominent women

in climate science.

And she just learned about Eunice's story in 2018.

I've been learning about climate change since high school, like a lot of people, which

is not recent.

I'll just say that.

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