Voices of the Public Sphere

As a second year student at Unity College, I would not currently consider myself someone "authoritative" or "persuasive" about environmental views and perspectives. I could be considered "shy" with my environmental voice because I do not think I am ready to speak out quite yet. Unity College has been preparing and molding me into a great environmental steward, but as only a sophomore, I do not think I am ready to become any type of activist. I have become involved in small community activities, such recycling, writing about personal important environmental issues pertaining to my major, and trying to keep myself and my apartment as green as possible, but these are only small things that I do. They have not reached a public level, and they do not need to as of now.
Though this is true, I do not see myself as continuing to be a solitary, low opinion environmentalist for the rest of my life. As I keep learning, I see myself becoming a better scientist and fisheries biologist. My interest and knowledge in my field keeps growing, and I know that when I have my degree from Unity College, my voice and opinions about important environmental issues and concerns in my field can become prominent and much much stronger. I will move from being just a citizen in a community who only recycles and writes papers about my environmental concerns to being a scientist and maybe a journalist who is not afraid to speak about something that I believe in about the environment because I know that I will have the educational background to do so.