Conservation Mycologist for the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program as of November 2023
Secretary for the Northeast Mycological Federation as of December 2022
Volunteer Coordinator for the FUNDIS Northeast Rare Fungi Challenge as of August 2023

BS Biology & Environmental Science, minor in Chemistry (2014) - Paul Smith's College
MPS Applied Ecology (2020) - SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry

Origin story: I grew up in southwest Michigan hunting for morels under the mayapples with my dad, Tom. When my family moved to the Adirondacks in northern New York, dad got a job at Paul Smith's College, and I eventually became a student there. Dad and I met mushroom dye artist Susan Hopkins in 2011, and she changed our lives forever with her zest for fungi and her instruction in field identification.