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I was born in 1984 and raised in NY, a mere 45 minutes from the city. After a celebrated tree climbing career, I learned to
climb rocks and fall off them at the famed Shawangunks.
In 2006 I graduated from Williams College (Massachusetts) with a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies. Within days
of graduation I was in Jackson, WY below the craggy Teton Range.
An internship at the National Elk Refuge developed into a research job with the US Geological Survey. My work has focused
on sagebrush habitat and sage-grouse habitat use.
Alpine climbing has taken me to ranges including the Canadian Rockies, Bugaboos, New Zealand Alps, and Daxue Shan of Sichuan
Province, China. My climbing experience includes a one-day ascent of a grade V in Yosemite Valley and ice climbing up to WI5.
An important life goal is integrating my passions for studying the natural world and climbing it. To this end, I'm pursing
a PhD in population biology at the University of California, Davis starting in September 2008.
In June/July 2008, I'm headed with other Mountain Athlete sponsored alpinists to the Peruvian Andes.
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