I am DPhil student in the Ecosystems lab studying the efficacy of conservation efforts in small, privately-held land within the Ecuadorian Cloud forest, working in tandem with the local non-profit, Fundación Cordillera Tropical. Last year, I completed my Masters degree in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management in a similar field, writing my dissertation on the drivers of biomass change across tropical forest gradients in Ghana.
Prior to attending Oxford, I attended at Barnard College of Columbia University, where I studied environmental science and human rights, minored in Spanish, and graduated with Magna Cum Laude distinction. I completed two senior theses, the first of which analysed lateral westerly wind movement through hydrogen isotopes extracted from oceanic sediment cores. The second explored urban ecology and bird diversity in New York City, aligning these patterns with local socioeconomic and demographic trends. I also authored a paper for publication working with the Columbia Climate School, examining environmental migration in coastal Bangladesh based on interview-based fieldwork I completed there in 2023. Through these endeavours, I was named a Barbara Silver Horowitz ’55 Scholar of Distinction, a Shvidler Leadership Fellow, and an Anne Davidson Conservation Fellow by my college.
