Broadly, I'm interested in exploring pathways to realizing more sustainable and just land and food systems. As an environmental social scientist, my work is interdisciplinary and informed by theories and concepts drawn from political ecology, geography, rural and environmental sociology, and settler-colonial studies.

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My current postdoctoral work, in partnership with the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and IISAAK OLAM Foundation, explores the intersections between Indigenous-led conservation initiatives and Indigenous food sovereignty. Prior to this, I worked with eight peasant farming organizations across Latin America to collaboratively develop indicators of agroecology, with a focus on topics like gender equity, agroecological practice use, and sustainable livelihoods.

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I completed my PhD at UBC's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), where I was a Vanier Scholar and UBC Public Scholar. My doctoral research, supervised by Dr. Hannah Wittman, investigated the spatial distribution of agroecological indicators in Brazil; participation in agroecology and land-based movements and the relationship between these movements and the state; and the contributions of agroecology to rural peoples' well-being. My academic and public scholarship at UBC have been supported by a Vanier CGS Award, UBC's Public Scholar Initiative, UBC's Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, Mitacs, P.E.O. International, and SSHRC, among others.

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I graduated from Penn State University’s Schreyer Honors College with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Environmental Resource Management and Community, Environment, and Development, and dual minors in International Agriculture and Watersheds and Water Resources. Following this, I was granted a US-UK Fulbright award to attend Newcastle University, where I completed an MPhil in Geography.

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In my free time, I love to hike, cycle, camp, and practice yoga. As a settler of German, British, Dutch, and Polish descent who lives and works on/with – and benefits from – occupied xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh lands (Vancouver, BC), I'm committed to upholding my responsibilities to work in solidarity with communities organizing for land and climate justice.