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B.A. Environmental Studies & Biology · UC Santa Cruz · 2026

Passionate about conservation, stewardship and the science that helps us protect our natural world.

I recently completed my B.A. in Environmental Studies and Biology at UC Santa Cruz, where my research centered on using historical field notes and museum specimens to determine elevational niche partitioning in bird species in the California Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. I am now looking toward graduate studies and research opportunities in wildlife and conservation biology, land management, and stewardship.

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Ornithology Historical ecology Conservation GIS Stewardship Field research
I recently completed my B.A. in Environmental Studies and Biology at UC Santa Cruz, where my research centered on using historical field notes and museum specimens to determine elevational niche partitioning in bird species in the California Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. I am now looking toward graduate studies and research opportunities in wildlife and conservation biology, land management, and stewardship.