As a child, I lived in the very exotic small-town locations of Vermilion, Ohio; Midland, Michigan; and Martinez, Georgia, but I dreamed of seeing the world. When I finished high school, I moved away from home to begin college and since then, I've had trouble sitting still. During college, I lived with a family in Cuernavaca, Mexico for 3 months while I studied Spanish. I later lived atop a volcano on the island of Hawaii for 4 months as an intern for the USGS, studying bugs. I also lived in a tent in a rainforest in Madagascar for 3 months while I conducted my first study of wild primates in grad school (lemurs, in this case). I've lived a total of 12 months in a small cabin in the middle of the jungle on a tiny Island in Indonesia and will spend another 10 months there while I study wild monkeys for my Ph.D.
Some random factoids: I put copious quantities of hot sauce on everything. I don't shower every day but I dream every night. I think about quitting school to become a dancer. I want to die doing something I love.
