Indigenous Journalist and Anthropologist

About Me

As an Indigenous and Black, bisexual woman who grew up in a multicultural blue-collar town, I’m devoted to telling the stories of people and their cultures. I have two bachelor’s degrees in journalism and anthropology and as my master’s degree from New York University’s SHERP program. Throughout my life I’ve had this passion for knowledge and human connection and I’m always striving to quench it by learning more about the world around us. My love for science and the natural world has enveloped me into a world of curiosity that of which I cannot escape— and I’m not sure I want to. I get to spend my days interviewing astrophysicists, conservationists, fellow anthropologists, oceanographers and a vast array of scientists and communicate that information back to others. It’s a noble profession and I’m thrilled to be able to provide anyone and everyone I can with interesting and insightful stories that range from profiles, to human interest stories and hard news. But my passion, my real honest passion is sharing culture and science with the world.

When I’m not working you can find me taking care of my gecko, Draco, beading Indigenous earrings, pendants and necklaces and being a hands-on big sister two younger siblings and a proud aunty of four.

My work has been published in Smithsonian magazine, High Country News, Popular Science, Scienceline, Indian Country Today, The Morning Journal and Ohio Magazine