Please welcome the AHA’s new Communications Coordinator, Sage Rossman! What is your educational and work background? My very pandemic-inturrupted college experience centered around the sciences! I studied neuroscience (and LOVED it), and added on an ecology-focused biology major after realizing I didn’t want to pursue bench science. My interests veered increasingly towards science communication, fueled by some awesome professors who let me write essays about wild topics (if you want to argue about whether machines are conscious or learn about the history of research on BDSM kinks, hit me up). I took full advantage of my university’s paid internship program to explore this interest, and dabbled in everything from medical literature reviews to behavioral science consulting. Aside from a great many internships, my most interesting “side hustle” was participating in neuropharmacology studies. This was fascinating from the perspective of a neuroscience nerd, and also a great way to try out illicit substances in a safe and legal environment! After graduating, I joined a wonderful Chicago-based environmental nonprofit, Urban Rivers. I created and ran programming, doing …