About me

I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis in political science, economics, and environmental policy analysis and planning. I worked with land conservation and environmental justice organizations for a number of years before returning to school. My research draws from these experiences and foregrounds the challenges of Indigenous nations and rural communities that are grappling with environmental change. I received a master’s degree in forestry & environmental science from the Yale School of the Environment, a master’s degree in anthropology from the Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and a doctorate in the combined Ph.D. program in anthropology and forestry & environmental science at Yale University. I am based in the San Francisco-Bay Area and divide my time between the Santa Cruz Mountains and Eastern Sierra Nevada.