**Editor's note: This post is part of a series highlighting members of the ComSciCon community who recently attended the AAAS Annual Meeting, which took place from February 13-16, 2020 in Seattle, WA.
Growing up, Reyhaneh (Rey) Maktoufi (@TheCosmicRey) wanted to be a paleontologist. And an astronomer. And a Space Time Lord.
At the end of 2019, a group of graduate students set off to State College, PA to participate in ComSciCon-SciWri 2019, a special program held in partnership between ComSciCon, the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) at the ...