My career bridges science, storytelling, and the outdoors. I’ve worked on the ground to improve ecosystem health and still guide outdoor adventures to share the wild places I love. I draw on this boots-on-the-ground background to create immersive stories, photos, podcasts, and films that inspire as much as they inform.
It all started with a grass stained, fire fly catching, and creek wadding childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains, which inspired me to earn a master’s in environmental science and land use policy at the University of Virginia.
After graduate school, I moved to Colorado, exploring the landscape while working as a restoration ecologist focused on western rivers. Then I headed to California to cover the coastal and marine environments for Santa Cruz-based Hilltromper and to launch a mountain bike review division for GearLab.com in South Lake Tahoe.
I now live in Maine, where I studied audio storytelling and podcast production at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art and Design and am a registered Maine sea kayaking and recreational guide.
Along the way, I’ve visited many corners of the US and the world. I’ve studied the human environment in South Africa, fluvial geomorphology in France, sky islands in Arizona, and the limits of beauty in Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains and lowland jungles. Bike touring around the Galapagos was another highlight.
I love immersing myself in the unique cultures and wild habitats of our stunning world and seek to share that sense of wonder in my work. If you have a story idea, are looking for a documentary style photographer, or need field recording, editing, scripting, or other audio/video needs, don’t hesitate to reach out!
WILDERNESS TRAINING
- Certified Maine Sea Kayaking and Recreational Guide
- Wilderness First Responder (WFR) – Wilderness Medical Associates
- AIARE Level I and Level II Avalanche Certification
- American Sailing Association Certifications – 101, 103, 104
- Raft Guide – New River Gorge, Lower Gauley, Browns Canyon, Blue River, Clear Creek
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