Introductions

Hello!! My name is Amy Schaulis and I am from Salina Kansas. I graduated high school from Salina South in 2018 and am now currently a junior here at Kansas State. A topic that I am most passionate about is dentistry. I have worked as a dental assistant for 6 years and am obtaining a Life Sciences degree in hopes of one day going to dental school. I am also very passionate about volunteer work and my dog, Chloe. I think it's really fascinating that mutations can cause beneficial changes for different organisms that then are carried onto further generations over time. I feel like we often think that mutations are a bad thing but in some cases, they actually help the individual! I also find it really cool how everything in our body works together from specialized cells to proteins to hormones and so on. Especially now, I think that evolution applies to our daily lives since the covid virus is said to be evolving and changing since when it was first discovered roughly a year ago. From this class, I hope to gain a better understanding of how organisms evolve, what starts their evolution, and how to predict future evolutional changes. While I am sure it will be frustrating, I am also looking forward to learning how to code.