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  Graduate from East Central High School.
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  Find a job at an aquarium for the summer.
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  Start college at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
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  Find an intership for a marine biologist.
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  Graduate with a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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  Get a job somewhere as an aquarist.
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  Graduate with a master's degree from TAMUCC.
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  Find and get a job as an oceanographer somewhere.
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  Get a student-teacher internship at TAMUCC.
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  Graduate with PhD from TAMUCC.
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  Work at TAMUCC as a professor in marine biology.
