Who's Showing Up

Marine Corps veteran.
Professionally trained.
Connected to the mountains.

I grew up in Northeastern Washington at the southern base of the Selkirk Mountains, where I spent most of my time outside. That's where the love for the outdoors started.

After four years in the Marine Corps, I joined the Veterans Conservation Corps, implementing high-level wildfire fuels reduction and prescribed burn prep across Western Montana. That's where the mitigation work clicked. I went on to study Natural Resource Science at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia.

Along a winding and sometimes bumpy road, I moseyed my way out to Crested Butte in 2024. I’m grateful to call this valley home — the landscape and the people here are worth protecting.

In my free time, I’m out looking for wild mushrooms, browsing the endless views, dipping in the Taylor River, or lazing around in the sun with my senior dog, Brizzo (she looks for bones usually, not a big mushroom fan). In the winter, I work with the Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte as an instructor. I’m blessed to teach amazing people my favorite childhood winter pastime.

Credentials & Background

Certification:

Pursuing the NFPA Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist (CWMS) credential — the recognized national standard for wildfire mitigation professionals.
Certificate to come upon completion — expected June 2026

Completed Professional Training:

NFPA Reducing Wildfire Risk to Property

Community Wildfire Mitigation Best Practices (CWMBP) training
View my CWMBP training certificate

Education & Experience:

Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University — concentrations in fire ecology and regenerative agriculture

Veterans Conservation Corps, fire fuel reduction work in Western Montana — NWCG-trained: S-130 (Firefighter Training), S-190 (Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior), and S-212 (Wildland Fire Chainsaws).
Tracking certificates down currently

Methodology aligned with NFPA 1140 and CSFS Home Ignition Zone guidelines