My initial interest in Marine Biology came from  my fascination with sea turtles and dolphins.  However, when I  started working with Dr. Victoria Chraibi out of Tarleton State University, my interests shifted towards diatoms (both freshwater and marine).  Furthermore, as I  began searching for a graduate institution best suited for my career interests, I started to realize that climate change is a growing concern, which switched my love for Marine Biology to the love for Marine Biology, but in the aspect of climate change. One of the main concerns   of climate change is that biodiversity, a result of biological interactions (i.e., symbiotic relationships),   is being lost.    My current work, therefore, uses the ctenophore - amoebae model as a way  of studying the climatic impacts on biodiversity. My  career goals are to continue to study climate change using symbiotic relationships and inform others about our changing planet.

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"The most important thing  you can do to mitigate climate change is ... talk about it!" -Dr. Katharine Hayhoe