About Me

I have always had a passion for avian conservation and rehabilitation. I began volunteering at the Grey Snow Eagle House in 2006 and was hired on a year later. During this time, I completed a B.S. in Natural Resource Ecology and Management and a minor in Zoology at Oklahoma State University. In 2012, I earned my MBA in non-profit management, as I could see the importance in how business knowledge would complement wildlife knowledge in a non-profit setting.

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In 2012, I had the opportunity to begin a PhD at Oklahoma State University with a dissertation focused on developing conservation genomics tools for bald and golden eagles. These tools included an 88X coverage of the golden eagle genome as well as a custom chip that has 100,000 genetic markers (SNPs) for bald and golden eagles. I used these tools to begin evaluating the genetic variation of both species throughout their North American range.  I successfully completed all the necessary requirements to graduate with her PhD in December 2017.

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I am the current Aviary Director at the GSEH, a Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator, and I continue to conduct research pertaining to the conservation of bald and golden eagles in collaboration with the Van Den Bussche Lab.