Star Trails
AuthorGrove
Education and Career LevelUndergraduate Student
Photo Year2023
Author's Statement The stars, I think, are a big point of where my identities intersect. … For me, it still seems like this kind of mystical part of science. It’s also something that I grew up looking at and thinking about a lot. If you would have asked me as a young child what I want to be, it probably would be a NASA scientist. … And then it also [is] a connection to my Native identity. … These are something that have always existed, and I know when I’m looking up at the stars, that I’m seeing the exact same sky that my ancestors viewed, and that’s just a way to … be able to look at the stars and feel a connection to my ancestors.
Grove
Undergraduate Student
Photo Year2023
Author's Statement The stars, I think, are a big point of where my identities intersect. … For me, it still seems like this kind of mystical part of science. It’s also something that I grew up looking at and thinking about a lot. If you would have asked me as a young child what I want to be, it probably would be a NASA scientist. … And then it also [is] a connection to my Native identity. … These are something that have always existed, and I know when I’m looking up at the stars, that I’m seeing the exact same sky that my ancestors viewed, and that’s just a way to … be able to look at the stars and feel a connection to my ancestors.
2023
The stars, I think, are a big point of where my identities intersect. … For me, it still seems like this kind of mystical part of science. It’s also something that I grew up looking at and thinking about a lot. If you would have asked me as a young child what I want to be, it probably would be a NASA scientist. … And then it also [is] a connection to my Native identity. … These are something that have always existed, and I know when I’m looking up at the stars, that I’m seeing the exact same sky that my ancestors viewed, and that’s just a way to … be able to look at the stars and feel a connection to my ancestors.
