Marci Rosenberg

Corresponding Author Emily Kelly Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Correspondence Gisela Marrero-Rivera, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 1825 4th Street, #M2320 San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Email: gisela.marrero-rivera@ucsf.edu Emily Kelly, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 1825 4th Street, #M2320 San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.

The science lessons I remember the best from my childhood focused on applying scientific principles to something tangible. That lengthy chalkboard lesson about ecosystems? Sadly, the details are long forgotten. That time I helped make an enrichment activity for an endangered animal species at the San Diego Zoo? Well, that left me with a visceral understanding for why protecting diverse ecosystems matter.