Florida International University Search Name: Natalia E. Padillo-Anthemides Hometown: My mother is from Greece and my father from Spain, but I was born and raised in the USA primarily in Miami. What is your major? Marine biology with certificates in Middle Eastern and Asian Studies; Global Learning Medallion Student Where did you intern? Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), St. Georges, Bermuda What was your title? National Science Foundation (NSF) – Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) intern. How did you get your internship? I heard about it through the FIU marine biology listserv managed by Laura Garcia Barcia. I learned about it a week before the deadline but decided to try and see if I would get it. If it were not for my phenomenal professor Heather Bracken-Grissom's promptness and diligence in helping me out, this definitely would not have happened.