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I am an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist and educator. I partner with fishers and their families to advance food sovereignty, support equitable fisheries management, address environmental degradation, and resist colonization. Since completing my PhD in the Stanford Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) in 2021, I have worked closely with young people in Belau (Palau) through a course I co-teach with Ann Singeo, "Decolonizing Environmental Social Science Research." Our students have produced three illustrated books on their research, have filed a UN human rights complaint against the U.S. military, and have presented at conferences across the globe.
I am a Social Science Research Associate in Nicole Ardoin's Social Ecology Lab in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, where I am developing new and existing partnerships in the fishing sector in Belau and the Galápagos. In 2026, I hosted an international conference on the topic of equitable community research partnerships. I am continually developing a network of community-based researchers to scale our work ethically. Most importantly, I am a mother. I approach all my work through the lens of mothering. |