My grandparents own 400 acres of woodland in central Wisconsin, where I grew up hiking, skiing, climbing trees, and exploring all of the wilderness around me. They live in the area where "The Sand County Almanac" was written from and about: the sand counties of Wisconsin. Major fracking companies have offered my family money to frack on the property; however, my family has never sold any part of this land out of respect for the environment. My biggest fear is that one day, we will not be able to afford to keep this land, and will have to sell it.
I have a passion for women's health in any and all forms, especially when examining reproductive health. I have recently done many pieces surrounding the accessibility and sustainability of menstrual products, as well as how realistic various products are for use in developing nations.
Throughout my life, I have been a reader. I always took the stories of characters as ways for me to mold my own personality and values. My love for fictional stories has given me a unique perspective on how nonfiction can be a more invested process, instead of a cold, sterile one. I grew up on the stories of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and The Mysterious Benedict Society, and have taken all of the best traits of the best characters and let them become a piece of who I am, fundamentally. I want to use my skills of nonfiction storytelling to give people that experience of deeply relating to, and even becoming, the people who are trying to save the world.
Some of my academic podcasting work and personal podcasting work for enjoyment.