Sarah Schooler walks up one of Lake Aleknagik's many streams, counting and tagging sockeye salmon.
University of Washington
Sarah Schooler walks up one of Lake Aleknagik’s many streams, counting and tagging sockeye salmon.

Sarah Schooler spent a summer collecting data in the greater Bristol Bay watershed through the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences’ Alaska Salmon Program — the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems.

Schooler came to the UW from Madison, Wisconsin, and as a freshman, declared majors in both environmental science and resource management (ESRM) and environmental studies at the UW College of the Environment. Her student experience included an internship at Seattle City Light, a quarter studying at Friday Harbor Laboratories, and backpacking workshops through Ecuador and Costa Rica.

But it wasn’t until she took a course with Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Professor Tom Quinn that she realized she wanted a future in fisheries, specifically.

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