My motivation to become a researcher was driven by my desire to save species and habitats. Since I was little I could be found going through field guides and playing in the dirt. I am perpetually intrigued by pretty much everything from human behavior, psychology, pterosaur diversity, art history, to perfecting recipes. In my spare time I climb, spin, hike, tend to my pets and plants, tide pool, and bird watch. 

Willet (on the rock on my left) watching on the southern California coast (above). 
Ani (below left), Whiskey (below right)