EAPS Alumna Gives Rein to Curiosity

A fling with politics turned into a life-changing career path for Sarah Stewart Johnson, a planetary scientist and 2008 MIT PhD recipient. A former White House fellow working for the President’s Science Advisor, and currently a researcher with the Harvard Society of Fellows, she was surprised when a stint as a campaign volunteer became a transforming experience that gave her a new perspective on how to imagine and build a life in science.