AMNH IP- Mackenzie (CC Intern) at the Museum (AMNH)
Hi, my name is Mackenzie Boyd! I recently graduated from Colorado College (CC) with a Bachelor of Arts in Geology. I also grew up in Colorado and have always been curious about the natural features around me. I have had an interest in Geology since I was four years old, at which time I would tell people that "when I grow up, I want to be a geologist! And a mermaid" I grew out of the mermaid idea, but geology and the natural sciences have continued to hold a special place in my heart. To be able to read the stories of the rocks, to understand what the Earth was like at a different time, has been such a gift in my life. I started at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City four weeks ago, (thanks to the Noblett-Witter Family Internship offered by CC); and so far, I have been looking at a much different period in Earth's history than I had ever studied previously. I have been looking in the Paleozoic, specifically the Devonian and Mississippian, and th...