Last week was the VCHT's Mantastic summer camp! Mantastic is an integration camp between students from the states and Puerto Rican students. This was one of my favorite weeks of my internship. The ages of the students ranged from 6 to 17. The older students mentored th...

The past few weeks have been hectic! My friend Paige arrived, a microbiologist from Vancouver Island, BC! She is particularly interested in bioluminescence and industrial applications of biotechnology. She works for a great company called "Core Glow" that makes eco-fri...

Hi everyone! My name is Lucy and I am a student at Wellesley College, interning at the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust this summer. I arrived in Vieques on June 12 and since then I have spent my time adjusting to island life, working and exploring Esperanza....

Bar Harbor, Maine is a quaint and picturesque town on Mound Desert Island (MDI), but traveling 700 miles north of Washington, DC felt like traveling to the end of the world.  I arrived to on Bar Harbor on Friday—early evening after having spent a day with friends in Po...