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last day at BlogHer Belmont, taking mental pics of my cubicle. i wish i was cam jansen. i also wish i could make universal book references.

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High Schoolers Make Baseball History Throwing Like Girls

3/14/11 7:00am by miamercado
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Marti Sementelli and Ghazaleh Sailors

Like Marti Sementelli and Ghazaleh Sailors, my baseball career started around age five. However, my stint as a ball player ended around age five and a half, when I quickly figured out that my lack of hand-eye coordination along with my fear of a ball being thrown at me didn’t work well with the general idea of baseball. But Sementelli and Sailors, now 18 and 17 respectively, are stand-outs in the game because of more than just good hand-eye coordination.  Read more >

Wall of Fame: 10-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest to Discover a Supernova

1/8/11 11:01am by miamercado
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Supernova

While you may have rung in the New Year watching fireworks, 10-year-old Kathryn Aurora Gray celebrated by witnessing a different kind of explosion in the sky. Over the weekend, the 5th grader from New Brunswick, Canada became the youngest person ever to discover a supernova.  Read more >

(INTERVIEW) Meet Science Cheerleader Darlene Cavalier

12/1/10 10:00am by miamercado
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Science Cheerleaders

1 2 3 4 DO YOU KNOW WHAT A LEPTON'S FOR? What about quarks? Nuclear fusion? How about the Theory of Relativity? If all this science jargon sounds like, well, science jargon, it’s time you got a Brain Makeover. And who better to help boost your science self-esteem than a squad of Science Cheerleaders, a group of professional cheerleaders promoting science literacy one cheer at a time.  Read more >

Colleges Offer Lectures Online AKA I Can Go To Class in My PJs!

11/12/10 7:19am by miamercado
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College from Bed

Don’t tell my parents, but sometimes I skip class. For no good reason other than I just want to stay in my pajamas, lie in bed and not sit in a lecture hall with 100 other students who also just woke up. And as I begrudgingly brush my teeth — which is the extent of my morning hygiene ritual on days like these — I think, "If only I could go to class with out actually going to class ..." Well, some colleges are giving students the option to do just that by broadcasting lectures through online video.  Read more >

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Full Name
Mia Mercado
Member Since
June 2010
About Me: 

I'm a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the editorial intern at BlogHer, a music lover, a music maker, a cupcake connoisseur, and a fan of anyone with a good sense of humor. 

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BlogHer Editorial Intern, Student
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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