Every Wednesday evening, 26-year-old Earyn McGee opens Twitter and asks her followers if they can “#FindThatLizard” in a photo of a camouflaged lizard.
Hundreds of users play the “Where’s Waldo”-type game, tweeting McGee with either their excitement over being able to spot the reptile — or their frustration at being stumped again.
This popular game, which McGee has played with her followers for two and a half years, is one of the reasons the University of Arizona Ph.D. candidate was named among Forbes’ top 30 Under 30 scientists this month.
“(I’m) trying to open doors for other Black and brown kids who are interested in the outdoors, and seeing that be recognized by Forbes … it was kind of a big deal for me,” McGee told The Arizona Republic. “I’m just trying to create resources that I wish I would have had access to when I was younger.”
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