Biography
I am the founder and CEO of GDCE. As a former zookeeper of the San Diego Zoo, I have developed my passion for conservation into a focus on field research and conservation education.
I holds a BS in Zoology and Biology from Humboldt State University and an MA in Zoology from Miami University. My field research focuses on conservation education, sustainable land use and rainforest fragment ecology. With over ten years of experience in the zoo field and field experience in Borneo, Costa Rica, Belize and Laos, I formed GDCE to connect field researchers to conservation education and to blend mindfulness practices into conservation education curriculum development. I believe in the power of multi-disciplinary collaboration in creating research and education programs that will build mindful, curious, life-long global stewards.