Hello my name is MacKenzie and I am one of the MATE interns aboard the Healy 1901 cruise. My major is in Environmental Geoscience at Texas A&M University. My background, as it relates to this internship, is in microbial and biological oceanography with a touch of GIS. I worked for the International Ocean Discover Program for a couple of years on the shoreside end of core sampling and XRF imaging. I’m excited to learn about the Tech side of science and work hands on with the various instruments. I have never been on a ship like this before and don’t really know much about the coast guard so all of this is completely new and exciting!