OCEAN WONK

Biologist Kiho Kim is diving deep to save our waters.
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 HEALTH WONK

Kim Blankenship knows how race, class, and gender impact HIV/AIDS.
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Alex Priest

  SOCIAL MEDIA WONK

Social networking whiz Alex Priest lives for Twitter and “geeky debates.”
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