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Juliana D. Spahr

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Not many people can probably say they found their life’s work at the town garbage dump … After getting my bachelor’s degree in art history and environmental studies, I was torn between two worlds. As an artist, I didn’t think I had very much to say. Simultaneously, I was afraid to get trapped in the tunnel of hyper-focused scientific research. I felt adrift. One day, I found a human anatomy and physiology textbook abandoned in a pile of recycling at the town dump that changed everything. 

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Not many people can probably say they found their life’s work at the town garbage dump … After getting my bachelor’s degree in art history and environmental studies, I was torn between two worlds. As an artist, I didn’t think I had very much to say. Simultaneously, I was afraid to get trapped in the tunnel of hyper-focused scientific research. I felt adrift. One day, I found a human anatomy and physiology textbook abandoned in a pile of recycling at the town dump that changed everything. 

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