My background is in biology (B.S.), conservation genetics, and science education (M.Ed.) (Centre College, SUNY-ESF, Xavier University). I’ve taught genetics (SUNY-ESF) and secondary-level biology, chemistry, and physical science. I’ve also worked with the Cincinnati Nature Center and RAPTOR Inc. to deliver educational programming to people of all ages, with the hope of inspiring others to find what excites them about the world they inhabit. I am also the creator of the science newsletter A Teetering Vulture.

In the summer of ‘25 I was awarded a fiction writing residency at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund by the Hudson Valley Writers Center. I have been writing fiction since I was a mere tween, which was back when the things I wrote made me cringe so hard that I, as a dramatic thirteen-year-old, eventually loaded all my stories up onto a flash drive and chucked it out of my bedroom window into the snow, where my stories’ fate was decimation by the elements. Nowadays, less dramatically, more confidently, I share my fiction with other nerds in fandom communities, and I delight in being part of these creative, rebellious spaces. I am very thankful for anyone who has ever given one of my stories a shot. Maybe one day all of this writing for fun will lead to something even more fun.

For three years I was also a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project. As a lesbian woman who knows what it can feel like to be an outsider, I have always wanted the work that I do—in every role I fill—to drive the type of change in the world that means our societies become more equitable and all living things are treated with more care and kindness.