I’m a teacher, mentor, and scientist at TCU. With a background in physics and astronomy, I teach both of these subjects. I lead a group of aspiring astronomers who explore the evolution of galaxies by tracking the gas flowing in, out, and within them. This team includes high school, undergraduate, and graduate students that are all working together. All of them are investigating how the environments of galaxies affects their star formation ability. Some of them explore gas flowing in or out of the Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds, and Andromeda. Others are exploring the physical conditions of gas within isolating and interacting galaxies and how they relate to their star-formation activities.