Chloe Mydlowski receiving a scholarship award
from Elroy Limmer, President of the Gila Native Plant Society
Photo credit: Dennis SwitzerEvery year the Gila Native Plant Society hopes to find a deserving candidate for a scholarship among students with a keen interest in native plants.
This year, at its meeting on April 21, 2017, the Gila Native Plant Society was delighted to award a scholarship of $1,000 to Chloe Mydlowski, who is majoring in botany at Western New Mexico University, with minors in chemistry and geology. She has already completed many courses in her major and hopes eventually to enter a graduate program to do research in plant biology. Among the areas of study she finds particularly interesting are the molecular pathways that regulate plant growth and development and the effects of environmental and atmospheric pollution on different plants and fungi.
On the personal level, Chloe has been fascinated by plants and the out-of-doors since childhood. She is an avid gardener and maintains a small seed bank. She recently took a break from her academic studies to do some world travelling with her husband, Tim Eaton, especially enjoying Taiwan, Mexico and Colombia.
Chloe is also a vocalist and a musician on the electric bass and washboard. Among her many talents, she is a graphic designer in different media and a tattoo artist. And she and her husband Tim Eaton are currently helping the Gila Native Plant Society to redesign its website.