{"id":6014,"date":"2020-08-19T07:14:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2020-08-19T07:14:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:44:23","slug":"dalma-martinovic-weigelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalma Martinovi\u0107-Weigelt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Occupation: Environmental Scientist at St. Thomas University<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Country of Birth: Croatia\u00a0 \u00a0 Current: St. Paul, MN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the STEM area it can be difficult to be self-confident because you\u2019re always looking up to people who know so much. It\u2019s important to build relationships along the way\u2026 because, ultimately, we function kind of as a collective.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Croatia, Dalma spent her childhood living what she felt was a pretty average life. She dreamed of becoming a comparative literature scholar one day, as science was never really her passion. In high school, however, she completed an exchange program in the United States where she took classes in chemistry, biology, and physics. She found a passion for science through these classes and became engaged in the discovery process. Although she completed her undergraduate schooling back in Croatia, she decided to seek out opportunities in the United States for graduate school. An assortment of government issues at the time prevented Dalma\u2019s move to the US from being completely seamless, and she struggled with things such as last-minute expenses and becoming separated from her luggage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She eventually arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, and overcame new obstacles like writing a check or setting up home utility services. Eventually, she graduated with her master\u2019s at the University of Mississippi and stumbled into a job working in the medicinal plant garden at the University of Mississippi. This job led her to a variety of new work skills and new connections that opened doors for her professionally, which eventually landed her at the University of Minnesota and in postdoctoral work with the Environmental Protection Agency. Her immigrant status continued to cause challenges in her job pursuits, but with patience and understanding, she finally ended up in her current role at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dalma now works as an environmental scientist, and much of her work focuses on clean water research and initiatives. She is deeply grateful for all of the collaborative opportunities she has had during her professional career and contributes her success and innovation to the opportunity to engage in work with others.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,134,1],"tags":[],"series":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dalma Martinovi\u0107-Weigelt - Green Card Voices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dalma Martinovi\u0107-Weigelt - Green Card Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Green Card Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-19T13:44:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.greencardvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Dalma-1-scaled-e1597844614191.jpg?fit=1707%2C1593&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1593\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aaliyah Hannah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"[lscf_customfield custom_field_id=&quot;occupation__pxid_khkwnqwrjrgtnfl_0&quot;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aaliyah Hannah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/\",\"name\":\"Dalma Martinovi\u0107-Weigelt - Green Card Voices\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-19T13:44:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-19T13:44:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e38b65af132e735f573dc91c8c322fa2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/speakers\/dalma-martinovic-weigelt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dalma Martinovi\u0107-Weigelt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greencardvoices.org\/\",\"name\":\"Green Card Voices\",\"description\":\"Telling Stories. 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