I’ve worn a lot of hats in my life. From cowgirl to mountaineer, photojournalist to farmer, vintage collector to naturalist.

Northern California is where my story begins, on a four generation rice farm. I spent my childhood reading, writing and exploring the woods and wetlands, communing with coyotes and owls and dreaming up elaborate stories of adventure and intrigue.

In my adult years, I received a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism and traveled the globe as a photojournalist for various nonprofits, documenting and aiding in various humanitarian efforts. This exposure to diverse and varying cultures, different ways of thinking and being, fundamentally changed my life. In 2017 I pursued a Master’s Degree in International Community Development and began studying prejudice psychology. I wanted to understand why conflicts around ethnicity and culture, socio economics and religion occurred and why we choose to exclude certain people groups while accepting others. I had grand plans to attend university in Oxford and pursue my Doctorate.

But covid struck and I found myself on a new path.

Of all the lives I’ve lived, perhaps none have been more fulfilling than the one I’m living now: advocating for and conserving our planet’s wildlife. I’ll spare you the details of how I jumped from genocide studies to a career in wildlife conservation, but know that it has surpassed all of my wildest dreams.

I now work full-time in the wildlife field, leading education and coexistence programs. In addition, I am a professional wildlife photographer, DSLR camera trapper and most recently I have found myself branching into the conservation film making industry. I am a wildlife tracker and spend the majority of my time studying wildlife behavior and biology and observing animals out in the field. On the rare occasion when I am indoors, I am reading or writing poetry. I have two dogs that I love fiercely.

My greatest hope for my photography is that it connects people to the unmistakable magic and mystery of nature and continues to nurture care, compassion and preservation.