I am a PhD candidate at the City College of New York, where I study spatial population genetics. I hold my MS in Zoology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where I studied poison dart frog evolution. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Biology, concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. I am an avid herper and am particularly drawn to frogs and snakes, although I enjoy all biodiversity.