Erin Winick - Science Communicator

What did I do in July working as a full-time science communicator?
🦸‍♀️ I went on maybe the best work trip ever to San Diego Comic Con! I put a packed schedule together for myself complete with:
-A day of outreach in the STEAM Mission Control room teaching kids about propulsion
-A dream collaboration with Star Trek Strange New Worlds that had me going to some INCREDIBLE Star Trek events and making some fun videos
-A press pass to cover the tech at the Her Universe fashion show
-2 days of cosplaying Ms. Frizzle, including a new space suit costume I made
-Meeting up with some awesome friends, creators and science communicators!

This SDCC weekend was many months in the making and it felt super rewarding for it to go so well. There’s been a lot of video editing since I’ve gotten home of everything I shot at the event.

🚀 Earlier in the month I had a full make-a-thon weekend with my mom to put my new Ms. Frizzle costume together for SDCC.

🎥 Made a short social media video for Mission Unstoppable on the Rubin Observatory.

🧬I also script write and research for Mission Unstoppable’s YouTube series STEM Loft. One of the more complex videos I wrote for them just went live covering something called Mirror Life! I’m really proud of this one.

🌕 Continued my social media work for lunar rover company Astrolab.

🔭 I was interviewed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for an article on engineering entrepreneurship.

🌊 The other biggest part of the month was spent in the classrooms of Oxnard, CA schools as a part of the summer Water World program. It was super rewarding to do hands on activities with the students to teach them about ROVs, robotics, and jobs working at sea.

⚓ Related to this, my new ocean expedition is coming up fast! I leave mid-August to sail aboard E/V Nautilus Expedition NA181. That meant truly starting to prep in earnest, reading up about the area we will be sailing, and thinking about my project while I’m out there.

🥇 Got a silver medal in a TikTok learning content contest! (Comes with a $200 prize)

🤳 Made some of my own videos on the first shuttle launch, flags on spacesuits, astronauts, and more!

Thanks San Diego Comic Con 2026 for being my favorite convention ever. I got to go on so many Star Trek adventures, spend time with amazing people, spread my love of science, and make some really fun videos! Bringing the Ms. Frizzle energy and geeking out over space and sci-fi at conventions like this is always so rewarding.

Now time to rest, recover, and edit those videos. Because guess what. I head out to sea in less than 3 weeks. 👀

When a crowd forms behind you and starts singing Pinball Wizard at San Diego Comic Con 👀 As a last stop at SDCC I went to play a game of Pokémon at the Stern Pinball booth. After Ball 1 I apologized to the person waiting behind me because of how long I was playing. But they were so lovely about it and instead of being annoyed, a small group formed cheering me on as I played to the mini-wizard mode! It was such a lovely moment of community and after I got the GC score, a ton of people came up to ask me questions about the machine, took pictures of me with my score, and asked about the pinball community. I might have even sold a machine. You’re welcome Stern. 😂

What a wonderful way to end San Diego Comic Con this year, spreading a bit of my love for pinball.

I’ve got a ton of content still to edit from Comic Con as there hasn’t been much down time, so expect many more videos this week! 🖖