I grew up in a house with a river in the front yard and a mountain out back. Rogue River, a town of 2,000 people nurtured me into the person I am today - someone who values community but also longs for adventure beyond what I know.

If you draw my blood, it comes out green and yellow. I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication with minors in Spanish and Religious Studies.

My writing and photography has been published in 1859 Oregon's Magazine, OnTrak, Rogue River Press, ListingsOC, Sauté, Southern California Life, LOCALE, WHERE Orange County. I also have experience with videography and A/V editing.

Other things of note? Oregon sports zealot. Craft beer drinker. Compelled to explore. Multi-faceted music taste. Bird nut. Google Maps enthusiast.