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I am a PhD Student in Dr. Christopher Schell's Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. My current work seeks to understand how sociological factors interact with urban stressors to influence wildlife interactions, physiology, and diet. Additionally, I explore how humans directly and indirectly impact communities via disturbances and urbanization. I primarily focus on urban ecosystems because they provide compelling model systems to address how human-driven disturbances impact organismal biology, lending itself to application, management, and conservation policy.
My research interests include behavioral ecology, movement ecology, urban ecology, global change biology, urban conservation and management, racial and environmental justice, ecophysiology, human-wildlife conflict, and socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics. Prior to entering my PhD, I completed my undergraduate degree in Biology, focusing in Ecology and Evolution, at Florida State University. Growing up, the matriarchs in my family instilled in me the heart to care for and understand the environment around me. As an ecologist, I hope to intertwine my research with environmental and social justice to provide effective change in the way we conserve our planet and center local and regional knowledge. |
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