Nature Microbiology · 2026
As a kid I had a million questions about the world, and science seemed like the most fun way to get answers. That feeling never left me. What changed is how often the world wanted to turn that joy into labor, or to tell me I didn't quite belong. I kept going anyway. Nobody could take my love for science away from me.
I trained as a molecular biologist and earned a Ph.D. centered on how people learn and come to trust science. These days I create science content full time as Dr. Raven the Science Maven, bringing the molecules behind everyday life, from the caffeine in your coffee to the melanin in your skin, to a community of more than 500,000 people and a reach in the tens of millions.
That work has taken me a lot of places. I've built campaigns and curriculum with Pfizer, the FDA, NASA, Netflix, and the Smithsonian, hosted Pfizer's Science Will Win podcast across two seasons, created The Science of Life, and spoken on stages from TEDx to NSTA to Princeton. I also chair the Ethics Consortium at the Association of Science Communicators, where I help steward how our field earns public trust.
I build things too. Fervae, my software company, grew straight out of this work and gives scientists the same audience tools marketers and influencers use. The Science Haven, my 501(c)(3), advances STEM equity. LearnScience.org puts free science learning in classrooms. Everything I learn making science public feeds what I build, and everything I build makes more room for the next scientist-communicator coming up.
