Jazmin Castillo, Fisheries and Wildlife Undergraduate Major

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11/18/2015 Added

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Jazmin reflects upon the major she chose, her favorite classes, and why she chose the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the School of Natural Resources

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[00:00:00.399]Hi, my name is Jazmin Castillo.
[00:00:02.775]I'm a Fisheries and Wildlife major,
[00:00:04.930]and I am from South Sioux City, Nebraska.
[00:00:08.120]The best thing about being part of the school
[00:00:10.252]of Natural Resources is
[00:00:12.285]the fact that the faculty is so easy to talk to,
[00:00:14.701]and they're not just a faculty member,
[00:00:17.586]they're also, like, a peer and a mentor.
[00:00:21.082]And so they go, like, the extra mile than
[00:00:23.418]the usual professors do.
[00:00:24.719]So it's nice to have that.
[00:00:26.506]The reason I chose my major was because
[00:00:28.903]I initially wanted to be a veternarian student
[00:00:31.179]for wildlife since I've always loved animals.
[00:00:33.779]And then the summer after my freshman year,
[00:00:36.421]I studied abroad in Botswana,
[00:00:38.472]which completely changed my perspective
[00:00:40.260]on conservation research and sparked my interest
[00:00:44.142]in research and pursuing that as my career.
[00:00:47.554]The class that has been most beneficial for me
[00:00:49.952]has been ecology.
[00:00:51.496]Just because I think Leon did a really good job
[00:00:53.792]in making students think outside the box,
[00:00:56.657]and giving us real-world problems,
[00:01:00.131]and how to assess those problems and think
[00:01:03.564]outside of the box rather than just memorizing
[00:01:05.982]and regurgitating information.
[00:01:09.318]My favorite hands-on experience would have to be
[00:01:11.163]the summer after my freshman year
[00:01:12.728]when I studied abroad in Botswana.
[00:01:15.409]I got to live in the bush,
[00:01:18.152]and see the African perspective of conservation
[00:01:20.956]and the different ...
[00:01:22.174]The summer after my sophomore year,
[00:01:24.207]I returned to Botswana and conducted
[00:01:27.680]my own research project on spotted hyenas
[00:01:31.337]and determining the distribution and abundance
[00:01:34.100]in the northern Tuli game reserve.
[00:01:36.011]Career, I'd like to do, I'm currently debating
[00:01:38.835]on either becoming a professor and building
[00:01:41.984]that international connection with students,
[00:01:44.483]or being like a wildlife researcher abroad,
[00:01:48.120]which I could basically do both.
[00:01:49.583]But debating on if I want to do both or just one.
[00:01:53.504]But for sure, working abroad.

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