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Across my scientific career and advocacy work, I'm interested spatial and movement ecology -- whether it's thinking about schools of little baby fish (and how they navigate the big wide ocean) or schools of kids (and how they get to school). I'm driven by a passion for cultivating more climate-resilient communities by supporting healthy fisheries and oceans and making streets safer and more accessible for all types of road users.
I'm a formally-trained marine ecologist, having obtained my PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz under the guidance of Rita Mehta and Tim Tinker. I received my bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 2015. I completed a three-year postdoctoral position at East Carolina University between 2023-2026, where I worked on spawning geographic and seasonal shifts of fishes off the west coast of North America.
Currently, I'm in the transportation world, working as the Programs Manager for Oaks & Spokes and the Safe Routes to School Coordinator for the Town of Winterville, NC. In these positions, I facilitate a wide range of programming and infrastructure improvements to improve road safety for young people (and all community members).
In my spare time, I love to bike, geocache, create art (see my Art page!), play board games, and swing/blues dance.
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