Like many others drawn to writing for children, I loved books from an early age. I also loved being outside. I would spend hours looking closely at the world, while talking to the plants and animals around me - a habit that never really went away. 

My fascination with the world became a BA in Geosciences, and a MS in Natural Resources. My graduate research examined how metaphor use impacts environmental attitudes and behaviors towards pollution (read my peer reviewed research).

Living in VT with my family, I am actively involved in re-wilding efforts and shifting perceptions of urban green spaces. I am a city cemetery commissioner and a founding member of a partnership to re-introduce habitat across public and private land.