I’m originally from Phoenix, Arizona, USA but I moved to Lompoc, California, USA almost ten years ago. I’ve always been interested in animals and wildlife and I knew for a long time I wanted to be work with animals somehow. I got an Associates in Biology at my local community college before I went to University. Then I got my Bachelors in Zoology from Humboldt State University (Now Cal Poly Humboldt). I really enjoyed my studies and I really loved my lab classes especially the identification portion of my Mammalogy and Herpetology classes.

After I graduated I briefly had a job in Bakersfield, CA surveying Blunt-Nosed leopard lizards and other endangered species. Since then it has been hard to find a job and ways to gain more experience to get a job in this field. My initial interest was Mammalogy but, I find Herpetology to be equally as fun. I am interested in wildlife and urban ecology and recently I have been interested in camera trapping that is used in wildlife management.