However, a knee injury prompted her to take a step back and reconsider how she wanted to approach the industry. Rotella’s original goal was to join the Hurricane Hunters, and she had gone as far as joining the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at Florida State University to start that journey. “I feel like we kind of have each other’s backs in that way.” Senior Broadcast Meteorologist Michelle Rotella, right, had originally planned to become a hurricane hunter, though her plans changed during college. “And it’s nice to have that kind of support from other women, and I feel like that’s been one of the benefits of being a woman in this field,” Shalhoup added. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in your past, just know that you’re working towards your future,'” she would tell Shalhoup. “‘You’ve been doing this your whole life, whether you realize it or not. Instead, her first boss asked her to cover the weather. Shalhoup would go on to use her communications degree toward a career in broadcasting - but not as an anchor. She didn’t start out in meteorology, but as the daughter of a science teacher, she grew up with a love for the subject. Shalhoup said she grew up playing a male-dominated sport before going into the male-dominated field of meteorology, emphasizing that it can be intimidating at times and that expectations can often be different for women.
“Don’t be afraid to be in a male-dominated field, because it still very much is, but we can change that by taking that challenge and going into that business.” Senior Broadcast Meteorologist Kristina Shalhoup speaks on how her mentor in broadcasting helped guide her to the field of meteorology. “I think that’s kind of a step to see more women taking part in the science field and not being - I don’t know if ‘intimidated’ is the word - by all the men in this business and in STEM fields in general, but go for it,” Pash said. And now, whenever she returns to her alma mater of Rutgers University, Pash said she’s seeing more and more women enrolled in the meteorology program. AccuWeather Broadcast Meteorologist Jessica Pash talks about her experience in the field of meteorology.ĭespite the lack of diversity in the field, she soon found herself working with other women meteorologists early on in her career - a slightly different experience than the other women on the panel.
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