Breanna Keith is originally from Cloquet, Minnesota and is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at Bemidji State University and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. She is pursuing a master’s degree in environmental studies and her academic interests include wetland ecology, environmental toxicology, and natural resource management. Breanna’s proposed research aims to examine the presence of environmental contaminants in wetland sediments across Western Minnesota and the associated toxicological effects on freshwater amphipods Gammarus lacustris and Hyalella azteca.