Bio

I call the beautiful Rocky Mountains home – I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah hiking, cycling, and admiring the rugged outdoors. I attended Utah State University, my soul home at the base of Logan Canyon in northern Utah. There, I studied economics and ecological economic theory, as well as electrical engineering and mathematics. I graduated with an honors degree in economics and followed my sweetheart to Indiana where I have come to appreciate forests and birdsong.

Since I was young, my focus and passion has been making the benefits of clean and energy accessible to all people. I want to live in a healthier harmony with my community(ies), which I believe necessarily includes the natural world. I see systems, e.g., society, health, energy, technology, education in this light: all life is interdependent.

As I have learned more about distributional effects of the energy transition, my focus has shifted to emphasize Energy Justice, and I am currently a graduate research assistant to Dr. Sanya Carley and Dr. David Konisky in the Energy Justice Lab at Indiana University. Various research and professional opportunities have lead me to this current pursuit, including utility ratepayer advocacy work with Dr. Ezra Hausman, building energy and design engineering with McKinstry Co. LLC, and dynamic modelling and battery-testing with the NSF-funded electric vehicle consortium ASPIRE. See my full C.V. here.

Recently, in my spare time, I have decided I sincerely enjoy baking bread. You can view my gateway bread recipe here.