Bio: “I was raised by Cowboys and Indians in the middle of nowhere, Nevada. My best friends as a kid were my golden retriever, a pair of boots, and my Red Ryder BB-Gun [with a compass in the stock]. The majority of my childhood was filled with hunting, fishing, and exploring the vast natural world around me, which was intertwined with 13 years of Boy Scouts. All this is the source of my passion for community service, my undying love for the natural world, and some of my more animalistic qualities.
Before UW I got a degree in Computer Science and accumulated about a decade of professional experience across the world. This includes several years in East Africa where I was a director for a forestry NGO. I decided to pursue both an MS and an MPA to help fill in some professional gaps that I felt I had, so aside from studying Environmental Policy with the Evans school, I am also a student of Environmental Science with the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. I am currently a member of the Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Lab where we play with cool things like drones, LiDAR, satellites, GIS, and more! Since spring 2016 I have been a Research Assistant working on a forestry project for the Department of Natural Resources. My research goals are to further our understanding of how drones and GIS can bolster environmental NGOs and become one of many tools that will [hopefully] save the planet.
Why did you chose Evans?: Seattle could be regarded as the academic Mecca for Environmental Studies in US. And for a city, it doesn’t get much more beautiful. Pair this with the hard-working and cutting-edge people in the Evans School, and it starts to become less of a choice.
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