I studied environmental science and forest ecology in Arizona, where I began my career working in National Parks and native plant nurseries. What started as an obsession with learning the plants around me eventually grew into a much broader education in foraging, herbalism, wilderness skills, traditional craft, and the relationships people build with the landscapes they inhabit.

That path eventually took me to the Pacific Northwest, where I spent several years teaching outdoors and co-founded Rainwalk Rewild, a wilderness school offering programs in foraging, plant identification, herbal medicine, traditional crafts, and wilderness skills. Building Rainwalk allowed me to do what I love most: learn deeply, bring people together, and translate knowledge into experiences that make the natural world feel a little more accessible.

After closing Rainwalk in 2025, I moved across the country and returned to horticulture. I now live in New England, where I professionally design container gardens and seasonal plantings while getting acquainted with an entirely new flora.

Through all of these chapters, the thread has remained remarkably consistent: I am fascinated by how people come to know a place through plants as food and medicine, gardens and craft, local knowledge and stories passed between generations.