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education

Cornell University. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD (present)
University of Arizona. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, MS (2018)
Beloit College. Environmental Biology, BS (2016)

background

I am an applied biogeochemist in the field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. I study human influences on ecological processes. I am originally from Queens, New York City. My appreciation for the great outdoors didn't develop until I was in college, but I inherited my love of plants from my father, who is an avid gardener. Learning about how plants and their belowground counterparts survive in a world dominated by human innovation, protection, and destruction, is fascinating. I am especially interested in conducting research which can inform sustainable land management in East Africa, the homeland of my husband. As a McNair Scholar and Fellow, I've seen firsthand how effective mentorship can give underepresented scholars the support we need to thrive in academia. As a result, I strive to be the black female mentor I never had for future generations of underrepresented scholars. In the little time I have not relinquished to research- and school- related duties, I enjoy writing poetry, hiking, reading novels, and traveling.

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