Mentors: Julian Resasco, Casey Carrol, and Monica Sheffer

Bio: Salomé Carrasco is a Colorado native, born and raised in The Springs. Since high school Salomé has been determined to enter the science field. She recently graduated with an Associate of Science from Pikes Peak State College and will continue to pursue a Bachelors of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Colorado University of Boulder.

Since she was a child, Salomé engrossed herself with understanding the natural world around her. Growing up in a creative home that encouraged and fostered artistic endeavors, Salomé excelled in an artistic world. Yet her love of birds and summer gardening with her mother, furthered her desire to pursue a career in ecology. Senior year of high school, Salomé took an ecology class, which helped her understand where to focus her higher education.

Salomé Carrasco is dedicated to her passion for accruing knowledge, continually bettering herself as a person, learning through various experiences, expressing herself, and helping others.

View Salomé's elevator speech [YouTube]

View Salomé's RECCS 2023 presentation [Youtube]

View Salomé's poster [PDF]