Passionate about Native Species & Environmental Education

Hello & Welcome!

I started this site to blog, write, explore, and further understand the nature around me. After becoming hooked on iNaturalist and getting my husband also obsessed, I quickly found that I wasn’t ingesting the level of detail and understanding I’d like to for most observations while in nature.

So this is my attempt to research, and educate myself on creatures and topics I am interested in, while hopefully answering other’s similar curiosities. But I also love sharing what I’ve learned, and get inspired to get out in nature too!

• Background:
  • I have always loved nature, wildlife, and being outside. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest in Washington but spent a lot of time in British Columbia. I moved to the Lower Mainland BC for a university
  • My passion for biology was really sparked by an Honors Biology High School Teacher; thanks, Mrs. Pullman!
  • Bachelor of Science, Concentration: Ecology, Conservation, and Evolution from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Former Environmental Scientist for the California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Social Media & Digital Education Manager for Pacific Beach Coalition
  • Social Media Manager, NatureSpeak Article Coordinator, Membership Coordinator for Whistler Naturalists
  • Social Media Manager for San Diego Children and Nature
  • Certified California Naturalists Course from Grassroots Ecology
    Certifications: Project Learning Tree Facilitator, Invasive Shot Hole Borer Monitor (UCANR), Certified Interpretive Guide (National Association for Interpretation)
  • Three summers of Field Work in remote areas of BC:
    • One summer spent understanding how honeybees detect and use the earth’s magnetic field.
    • Two summers spent learning about coastal tailed frog tadpoles in Run of River dammed streams.

• Volunteering:
  • San Diego Children and Nature, Whistler Naturalists, Felidae Conservation Fund, Bay Area Puma Project cataloging images, Grassroots Ecology (Palo Alto CA), Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Los Altos CA), South Bay Clean Creek Coalition/Friends of Coyote Creek Watershed

All images are my own unless otherwise noted.