Stories by Susan Swanberg

Susan Swanberg is a freelance journalist and photographer from Tucson, Ariz., and a lifelong learner. Not content with a J.D. from the University of Oregon, an M.S. in biological science from California State University Sacramento and a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California, Davis, she is now completing an M.S. in journalism at the University of Arizona. Swanberg lives at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains, a picturesque mountain range surrounding Tucson. "As I explore the world of science writing," she says, "I always keep in mind the words of geneticist William Bateson: 'Treasure your exceptions.'"