Thesis Topic

The effects of native perennial cover on avian physiological indicators of habitat quality in California coastal prairie rangelands

About Me

I was born and raised in Whittier, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles County. Growing up I was never super outdoorsy, but I loved going on weekend camping trips with my Girl Scout Troop. I discovered my love for camping and working outdoors during class field trips to the Mojave Desert while at CSUF. I fell in love with birds during my ornithology class and through volunteering at a banding station in Orange County. My mentors during my undergrad pushed me to continue volunteering after graduation and build up field experience so that I can work as a field technician. Thanks to their advice, I worked on the California Channel Islands with a few different bird species including the Channel Island Song Sparrow, the Island Scrub-Jay and the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike. I learned about the how the history of human impact on the islands (such as ranching) have affected these bird species in very different ways. I applied to the Camino Al Rancho project because I wanted to further explore how ranching practices in California affect the local bird communities and what we can do to improve habitat. In whatever free time I can find I love to do hand embroidery, read from my backlog of books, roller skate, and bake!

Undergraduate Institution

California State University, Fullerton: B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology