Adora Thao

Partner Spotlight: Urban Roots & Science Deep Dive Internship Program

People gardening in an urban garden.

March 25, 2025

By Adora Thao, who served as a youth Intern and crew member at Urban Roots in 2024

For the first-ever "Partner Spotlight" feature, the MSP LTER invited Adora Thao to share her experience working at Urban Roots as a youth intern and crew member, and reflect on her partnership with the MSP LTER’s Science Deep Dive internship program. Since 2022, the MSP LTER Urban Contaminants Team has collaborated with Urban Roots to test its sites for contaminants such as heavy metals and microplastics—and explore potential remediation strategies.