Outside of academics, I am passionate about hiking, camping, and storytelling through creative writing and scrapbooking. I became interested in how to make outdoor education engaging and accessible after serving in AmeriCorps as en environmental educator.
I am a PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at CU Boulder interested in marine conservation and the interactions between human and natural systems. I hope to work alongside coastal communities to create solutions that benefit people and the environment.
Prior to moving to Boulder, Colorado in August , I was and still is infatuated with large bodies of salty water and the surplus of life inhabiting them.
I have spent enormous amounts of time diving below sea level. I am interested in the forces that maintain - or undermine - biological diversity, especially at the microscopic level. My current research is forces controlling microbial diversity on and around glaciers in the Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine.
I am a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I spend my time collecting wildflower seeds in the beautiful Colorado mountains and performing chemical extractions in the lab. As a chemical ecologist, I am trying to find out how seeds use toxic chemicals as defense against being eaten. I also find myself in the mountains to hike, camp, climb, and ski. I developed my love of mountains in an unlikely place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Most importantly, they taught me that when you love something so much, you just have to share it with others! I am most looking forward to seeing what a team of motivated girls can accomplish when given the opportunity.
I was once a flatlander from Austin, Texas. Alone after school, I found myself drawing countless pictures of the same desert scenes. Though I had not ever seen in them in person, I always used the same formula: distant mountains, barren ground, bright sun.
How do the two ecosystems interact? As I watched my hometown grow into a bustling boomtown of technology, I grew as well. I learned how to climb rocks at the modest local cliffs and started wondering more about the rest of the world. After finishing my undergraduate degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Texas, I packed my bags and answered the call to move west.
Since then I have lived, climbed, and worked all over the western states, finally getting to know intimately the desert landscapes of which I had so frequently dreamed. Conference Organizer Sherrelle Jackson has worked in the field for more than two decades. She grew up in the state foster care system.
At the time she went into care, no foster homes were available to her so she and several other children of color with her were placed in Hillcrest and MacLaren Youth Correctional Facilities. When she was finally returned home, her mother had to work three jobs to have enough money to provide for her, her sister, and her niece.
One of the jobs was working at McDonalds so they could have food. Her mom received state benefits, food boxes from local churches and food pantries, rent and energy assistance from social services programs, and when there happened to be a little extra money she and her siblings niece included were able to go shopping at the Salvation Army or Goodwill second hand stores.
To not have enough food. I remember the stigma of food stamps. Examples Origin Usage. Slang dictionary you rock [yoo rok ] What does you rock mean? What's hot. Where does you rock come from? Examples of you rock Admit it: You kind of rock when it comes to picking out gifts for everyone on your list.
I wish all of them are elected, and I would vote for any of them. Please note that our opening times vary for each site:. Open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 11am to 6pm. When you come to i-Rock we will offer you a free drink and the chance to talk, in confidence, about any problems you may be having. Alternatively, you can book a face to face appointment to speak to a project worker at an i-Rock site. Skip to main content.
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