Click HERE to view the fifth installment of the series “I want to be a professional Arrow when I grow up: Pathways and opportunities for a new workforce," in which panelists Kennan Salinero, principal founder of ReImagine Science; Hannah Love, co-founder of Divergent Science, LLC; and Anne Heberger Marino, Associate Director of the UMaine Portland Gateway and founder of Lean-to Collaborations, explore what “alt-ac” means for professional Arrow careers outside of academia. The first part of this panel discussion provides a brief overview of how "alt-ac" positions have been framed in various contexts. Each panelist describes organizations they have created (two businesses and one non-profit), the conditions that gave rise to those organizations, what they do, and how they have changed over time.