I graduated from the University of New Mexico with my B.S. in Biology and minors in Italian and Honors-Interdisciplinary Studies in 2016. My undergraduate research focused on using stable isotopes to assess anthropogenic resource use in urban coyotes from the Chicago, IL area. I completed my M.S. in Environmental Biology at Regis University in 2018, and then accepted a position in the Animal Welfare and Research Department at Denver Zoo as a Behavioral Research Associate. I studied changes in Asian elephant social behaviors in a herd of five unrelated males. My research focused on shifts in social behaviors due to the introduction of two new males into the existing group. During this time, I also worked as an Affiliate Faculty member in the Biology Department at Regis University. I've taught numerous biology and environmental science courses, including lecture and laboratory courses and seminars at the undergraduate and graduate level.

As a PhD student at UNH, my work focuses on investigating the community ecology of carnivores and their prey across gradients of urbanization and anthropogenic influence and is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

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