| Resource Specialization | Environment and Sustainability / Sustainable Food Systems |
| Region Specialization | International |
| Hometown | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Why did you join GRS?
The unique flexibility of GRS allows me to learn about complex challenges, such as climate change and food security, from multiple lenses at once rather than having to limit myself to one approach.
Do you have a favourite course you’ve taken at UBC?
I love FRE 340 with Sean for real-world understandings of complex problems. I also loved GEOG 310 because Alec Blair is very engaging and the content is broad but comprehensible.
If you could do anything (with unlimited funds) what would you do?
I would set up a huge living/co-creating communal living space that involved agroecological farming and sustainable agriculture and a huge, self-built treehouse web for people of all walks of life to live in, as well as a test kitchen where I could cook all day with the produce I harvest and share the meals with everyone living and working there. It would be a place where everyone comes and contributes what they are passionate about creating and we all work together to keep everything running smoothly. Ideally I would do this after we tackle the world’s larger issues of climate change, inequality, food security, and peace…. you said to dream big 🙂
Are you particularly proud of a time you were part of a community engagement initiative at UBC?
I really enjoy all of my work done at Sprouts because I fully believe in the Sprouts mission to support the community via food/environmental justice and security simultaneously.
Do you have any hidden talents?
I danced ballet for 12 years and am still extremely flexible as a result! I also am a very good baker and rarely follow a recipe.