I am an environmental social scientist and postdoctoral associate in the SPIRES Lab at the Yale School of the Environment. My research and activities are at the intersection of agriculture, ecosystem conservation, and livelihoods. I work closely with farmers, agriculture and forestry agencies, and NGOs and design projects to incorporate geospatial analysis, social and economic indicators, and fieldwork. Over the last six years, I’ve been studying the drivers and impacts of changes in land use and land cover, particularly in forested regions of the Caucasus and coastal Brazil. In between academic and research pursuits, I was an English Teaching Assistant at the primary school in Cherok Paloh, Pahang, Malaysia, and a Fulbright program coordinator for the Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange in Kuala Lumpur. When I’m not doing research or laughing at my cats, I hike, snowboard, kayak/SUP, read, compost, and run.