Hello!

I’m a fourth-year PhD candidate in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona in Dr. Rachel Mitchell’s lab. Generally, I am interested in how plant populations and communities change through space and time, and how we can apply that knowledge to effectively manage and restore landscapes. I also believe that land stewardship starts early, and I love being involved in environmental education that gets young people outdoors to nurture their curiosity, agency, and sense of place.

I work at the Santa Rita Experimental Range, one of the longest continuously operated ecological research sites in the US. Using long-term data, field surveys, and plant functional traits, I track how arid community composition and diversity has shifted, and what those shifts suggest for drylands facing a drier future. You can read more on my Research page!

Before I moved to Arizona, I earned my BS in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Biology from the University of Portland. During this time, I worked at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry as a life sciences educator, which sparked my love for science education. After graduating, I spent several years crew leading and then managing ecological restoration projects in Oregon’s Willamette Valley with Native Plantscapes NW, working across grassland, oak woodland, riverine, and wetland habitats.

When I’m not in the field, I like to sew and read speculative fiction novels.