Women’s basketball coach Juli Fulks lives by three core values: show up, work hard, adapt. Following these principles, she says, is key to both professional and personal success.

Ryan Nesselrodt is a fellow with the West Virginia Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, a program that provides rigorous, nonpartisan policy research for members of the West Virginia Legislature.

Beth Reiley is a principal legislative analyst in Oregon’s Legislative Policy and Research Office.

Sarah Maher is a fellow with the Idaho Science and Technology Fellowship, a nonpartisan program that provides outstanding scientists, social scientists and engineers the opportunity to learn firsthand about policymaking through a yearlong...

Sarah Anderson is a fellow with the Missouri Science and Technology (MOST) Policy Initiative, an independent nonprofit providing nonpartisan research for Missouri legislators.

Elia La is a food scientist with the California Council on Science and Technology, the nation’s longest-running state science policy fellowship program.