I’m Ludovica Rocca and I’m in the last year of high school in Italy. I worked in the Deheyn Lab for two months during the summer of 2024, thanks to a school project called Micromar Global that has a specific focus on microplastics and microfibres and how they pollute the environment. In the Deheyn Lab, I researched microplastics and microfibres in samples of water, air, fish and soil. I also thoroughly researched how different textiles degrade in various salinities of water.