I am a graduate student at Colorado State University, majoring in ecology. For my research project, I am focusing on arthropods in photovoltaic systems, and how their presence and abundance may be impacted by the solar panels. I am currently working in an agrivoltaic system, but aim to also look at grassland systems.

Previously, as an undergraduate, I had a year-long fellowship (2023) working on a project to document and identify the ant species in the Pryor Mountains of Montana.

I got my California State Naturalist certification in 2019, but I think I have unwittingly been a naturalist for most of my life. I have been a flower enthusiast as far back as I can remember. I started trying to ID wildflowers on my own before I was a teenager, but didn't learn how to properly key a plant until I was in college.

I grew up in Sonoma County in Northern California, was a naturalist hike leader for Pepperwood Preserve in Santa Rosa, and before that, at Fairfield Osborn Preserve in Rohnert Park. In Colorado, I have volunteered for the Butterfly Pavilion, the Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Project, and the Colorado Pika Project.