I am a PhD candidate advised by Dr. Hannah Marx. I am currently at the University of New Mexico and the Museum of Southwestern Biology and will be transferring to Cornell University in Fall 2025.

My aim is to learn about the origins of alpine plants and the assembly of alpine plant communities using phylogenetic tools and genomic data. I am particularly excited about exploring these questions through Erigeron, a species-rich and charismatic genus of daisies that is well-represented in arctic and alpine habitats.

Prior to beginning my PhD, I earned my M.Ed. at UMass-Boston through the Boston Teacher Residency and taught 6th grade earth and space science in Olympia, WA. Before teaching, I earned my M.S. in plant sciences at Washington State University in the Roalson Lab and completed my B.A. at the University of Colorado in 2015 where I worked in the COLO herbarium and the Tripp Lab.

View My CV here (updated April 2025).