I spent my childhood summers in Aleutian kayaks in the Pacific Northwest. Enveloped in salt and seaweed, I paddled among Douglas firs and orca whales. As my admiration of travel grew, I fell in love with diverse cultures, exotic ecosystems, and conservation. Seeing the fragility of rainforests and reefs firsthand has inspired me to learn more and spread the word on protecting our planet’s delicate, but resilient, landscapes.

After receiving a bachelor’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, I began teaching families and children at the New England Aquarium about our global impacts on animals and ecosystems. I also worked as a wildlife biologist in Peru and Costa Rica. But I always loved writing most.

So in 2016, I left Boston and moved to a place akin to my childhood Northwest — the Central Coast of California. There, I completed UC Santa Cruz’s science communication master’s program, writing stories and making videos for Science, Scientific American, Mongabay, and the San Jose Mercury News, among other media outlets. I then segued into digital marketing, serving as the manager of audience development at NOVA PBS and Edutopia, where I helped lead owned- and social-media strategy and analytics, wrote and edited email newsletters and science articles, led YouTube and podcast strategy, and managed a small team of reporters and social media editors. Today, I’m a freelance consultant serving KPBS San Diego and other clients.