{"id":5402,"date":"2020-11-18T19:54:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/?page_id=5402"},"modified":"2020-11-18T19:54:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:54:23","slug":"maria-camarca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/spotlights\/maria-camarca\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Camarca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"title-content\">\n<h2 class=\"class-year\">Class of 2017<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MU Student Spotlight: Maria Camarca (&#039;17)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-mqyjbinw9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5403 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Maria-Camarca-headshot-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Maria-Camarca-headshot-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Maria-Camarca-headshot.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Major<\/h3>\n<p>Biology<\/p>\n<h3>Bio<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMarymount invited me to come out of my comfort zone,\u201d says Maria Camarca of Fredericksburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, she\u2019ll spend the summer analyzing the chemical makeup of comets during a internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. She\u2019ll use a process called spectroscopy, which she became familiar with during an independent research project as a first-year student at Marymount. Camarca credits Dr. Eric Bubar, an assistant professor of biology and physical sciences, for encouraging her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe stressed that if you start doing research as a freshman you\u2019ll gain experience over four years,\u201d Camarca says. \u201cAt the time, I had no idea how much that specific project would help me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also praised Dr. Todd Rimkus, chair of the Department of Biology &amp; Physical Sciences, for urging her to participate in a three-week trip to Belize to study hawksbill sea turtles, an experience that helped build her confidence enough to apply for the highly competitive internship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was completely uninterested in studying abroad and he approached me a couple times,\u201d she says. \u201cI had never been on a plane before and didn\u2019t think I could do something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a senior, she learned about astrobiology and the possibility of interning at NASA, and talked to Marymount\u2019s Vice President for Financial Affairs Al Diaz, who had worked at Goddard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a lovely visit with him and heard what NASA was like,\u201d she says. \u201cHe was great to talk to as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than anything, Marymount encouraged Camarca to take chances and pursue her dreams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the past year has been full of so many blessings from so many people who helped me understand that this was something that wasn\u2019t out of my reach.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class of 2017 Major Biology Bio \u201cMarymount invited me to come out of my comfort zone,\u201d says Maria Camarca of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 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