ABOUT ME

I was raised in Denver, Colorado and moved to Los Angeles in 2018 to attend college. I graduated magna cum laude in May of 2022 from Occidental College with a B.A. in biology. I am currently working as a lab technician at the Moore Laboratory of Zoology, co-managing the genomics center. My research in undergrad focused on assembling a complete phylogeography of Green Jays (Cyanocorax yncas) using both morphological and genetic data. I have experience bringing both modern and historic DNA samples from the extraction phase through sequencing. In the future I hope to focus my research on the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic forces on biodiversity. I am passionate about supporting advancements in wildlife, and more specifically avian, conservation. I believe genomics is a powerful tool that can give us insight into the best ways to protect and maintain avian biodiversity. In my free time I love to hike, go camping, ski, attend concerts and bake.

Setting up mist nets in the Yucatán Peninsula	Teaching a student how to measure museum specimens using calipers
Holding a Ferruginous Pygmy Owl after mist-netting in the Yucatán Peninsula	Performing library prep in the hDNA lab at the Moore Lab
Conducting fieldwork in the Yucatán Peninsula	Learning how to extract blood from a Yellow Warbler with Whitney Tsai
Using a spectrophotometer to measure bird color with Azure-hooded Jays

Moore Lab in the LA Times

Moore Lab in The Occidental

ABOUT ME

Setting up mist nets in the Yucatán Peninsula

Teaching a student how to measure museum specimens using calipers

Holding a Ferruginous Pygmy Owl after mist-netting in the Yucatán Peninsula

Performing library prep in the hDNA lab at the Moore Lab

Conducting fieldwork in the Yucatán Peninsula

Learning how to extract blood from a Yellow Warbler with Whitney Tsai

Using a spectrophotometer to measure bird color with Azure-hooded Jays