My personal mission is to contribute to wilderness protection and help foster global compassion through service and education in Montana.

I was born and raised in Bozeman, MT, and spent a year abroad in Vorarlberg, Austria during high school through Rotary International’s Youth Exchange Program. In 2014, I moved to Missoula, MT and held multiple jobs in marketing and at local restaurants while attending university.

I graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Minor in Media Arts after three and a half years at the Davidson Honors College of the University of Montana. I focused my studies on environmental economics and documentary filmmaking. In 2017, my senior year, I spent the first six months as an intern in Cape Town, South Africa creating a documentary about renewable energy growth through Kalahari Film and Media. I wrote my economics thesis on the same topic and graduated the following fall.

I went on to work as a Field Organizer for the League of Conservation Voters (LCV). I organized hundreds of volunteers for half a dozen LCV-endorsed campaigns in Montana and Washington State during the 2018 midterm elections. I am especially proud of contributing to Dr. Kim Schreir’s successful run in WA-08 and Sen. John Tester’s re-election in Montana.

In 2019, I served as a crew member for the Montana Conservation Corps. I spent the vast majority of the year in backcountry areas across Montana and Idaho, including Yellowstone National Park, the Payette, Nez Perce-Clearwater, and Bitterroot National Forests, the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and many more.

I served my second AmeriCorps term immediately afterward as the Volunteer Program Development VISTA for Home ReSource, a non-profit community sustainability center in Missoula. I designed and implemented long-term volunteer recruitment and training systems and boosted program capacity and impact despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shortly thereafter, I transitioned to a sales role at Submittable – a fast growing Missoula-based SaaS company. Submittable provides a top-rated social impact platform designed to improve even the most robust grants, fellowships, scholarships and corporate social responsibility programs.

Through 2023, I have been helping businesses file for a COVID-19 payroll tax credit program called the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC). I currently operate as a self-employed expert in partnership with Lawrence Long. filing through his financial services firm, Compliant ERC.

Curious to get to know me a little better? Check out my interview on the  Trail 103.3  (an excellent local radio station) to promote my event the  Missoula Environmental Art Expo  or read my  student spotlight interview  on Medium.

 

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