Current Students

Class of 2013
Leslie Baehr’s foray into writing was traumatically halted at the age of seven when her older brother read her diary. Eleven years later she attended the University of Colorado graduating with a degree in Environmental Science and Anthropology. After realizing that being far from the water was a horrendous idea, she spent some time exploring earth’s more watery bits, repeatedly landing in the Caribbean. This quest eventually brought her back to her native southern California where she has spent time in underwater kelp forest monitoring, marine and terrestrial research education, and sailboat racing. She returned to writing after realizing that talking to oneself is strange whereas writing is, more or less, a socially acceptable alternative. She is excited to join the MIT team and promises (to try) not to be a wimp about winter. She is currently traveling around the sun with no intentions of stopping any time soon.