Hometown

          St. Petersburg, Fla.

 Languages

          English and some basic French

 Extra, Extra!

I am a director of an environmental education non-profit called Imagine Our Florida, Inc. and am currently working on my master's in wildlife Conservation.

I converted my entire yard into a native wildflower garden that is now home to two hummingbirds and plenty of bees, butterflies, skinks, bats, and other birds 

I have traveled to the Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, and Switzerland as well as 16 states within the U.S. 

I have two cats, Jacques and Claudine. 

 Alma Mater

A.S. Criminal Justice, Community College of the Air Force  

B.S. Biology, St. Petersburg College

M.P.S Wildlife Conservation and Management, Unity Environmental University

 Favorite Scientists

Dr. Carlos Duarte (ecologist), Dr. Tyrone Hayes (biologist), Dr. Kaeli Swift (ornithologist), Casey Clapp (dendrologist), Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson (astrophysicist), and Dr. Lydia Jennings (environmental soil scientist)

 Favorite Podcasts

Science Vs, Ologies with Alie Ward, This Podcast will Kill You, Science Friday, Radio Lab, and Every Little Thing

 Passion

I am striving to continue learning about and working on conservation while inspiring others to do the same. I am also passionate about helping students to not undergo the stresses that I had when I was in college. I also really love bats, coyotes, and foxes.

 Hobbies

I like traveling, nature photography, genealogy, cooking, native plant gardening, wine making, painting, compound gin making, anime and adding observations to iNaturalist 

 Favorite Books

The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

Until We Meet Again: A True Story of Love and survival in the Holocaust by Korenblit and Janger

Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World by Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

The Language of Trees by Katie Holten

The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter

Relm of Fey series by Ben Alderson

 Favorite Music

Rock, dance, electronica, Irish folk, heavy metal, ethereal goth, and world music. 

 Favorite Food

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. I also eat of lot of Asian dishes and enjoy many plant-based dishes from Africa. I also miss the amazing food from France.

 Favorite TV Shows

Versaille, The Mindy Project, The New Girl, Vikings, Outlander, Cable Girls, Brittania, Barbarians, Bridgerton, Death Note, The Queens Gambit, Attack on Titan, Stiensgate, The New Girl, Vineland Saga, The Witcher, The Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, Sweet Tooth, Carnival Row, Shadow and Bone, and The Rings of Power

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