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In 2013, I began a journey that led me through happiness, turmoil, and personal and professional growth, and now I have seen where I started and I know it for the first time (T.S. Elliot quote above). Prior to 2013, I wanted desperately to be an informal science educator.
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Patrick, P.G. (2017). Introduction. In: Patrick, P. (eds) Preparing Informal Science Educators. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50398-1_1
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