I am extremely found of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. As a child, I often visited Colorado in both the summer and winter. I fell in love with the landscape, weather, and wildlife. I try to get back as many times as I can to visit friends and enjoy all the state has to offer.

I am passionate about engaging people in different ways around collectively addressing difficult public affairs issues. I am also passionate about exploring how to cultivate the latitude for public employees to engage in creative experimentation, leading to innovation in the public sector. As a perennial idealist and optimist, I hope to engage in actions that will ultimately, one day, lead to change at a systemic level.

I am a young professional who has worked in local government and with nonprofits. Currently, I am a Research Assistant with the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. I am also a full-time graduate student at the Humphrey School pursuing a Master of Public Policy.