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In this episode, we interview Dr. Sophia Stone. She's a molecular biologist and professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University. Thanks to mentorship from strong female influences and unwavering commitment throughout her life, Dr. Sophia Stone built a career in science that can help society answer critical questions about the future of food security. Her research explores the fundamental principles that explain how plants respond to their environments and cope with changes. It's an area of research that's especially important today because producing enough food to feed the growing global population in the face of climate change is an urgent problem in need of solutions. Host David Barclay sits down with Dr. Sophia Stone to talk about her experience immigrating from Jamaica to Canada, her career path and research, and her passion for increasing diversity in STEM fields. Sciographies is brought to you by Dalhousie University's Faculty of Science and campus-community radio station CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For more information on the Imhotep Legacy Academy, visit https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/imhotep.html For more information about Women in Science and Engineering - Atlantic Chapter (WISEatlantic), visit http://wiseatlantic.ca/