I am a PhD candidate advised by Dr. Hannah Marx (now at Cornell University) at the University of New Mexico and the Museum of Southwestern Biology. I aim to use phylogenetic tools to understand the origins of alpine plants and the processes underlying the assembly of alpine plant communities.

Prior to beginning my PhD work in 2021, I earned my M.Ed. and teaching credentials at UMass-Boston through the Boston Teacher Residency in 2019 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 Jan 2025).