My wandering is a privilege and a joy. It’s also work: physically and intellectually demanding work that fuels my writing and teaching.

I am an outdoor educator–a naturalist and wilderness guide. I have led clients and students through rugged terrain since 2007, logging over 40,000 professional in-field hours in the United States and abroad. No sketch of my education is complete until I ink in my outdoor leadership background; it shapes my identity, my teaching, and my writing, indelibly.

Solo cross-country travel through the Sierra Nevada mountains is part of my migratory pattern. I engage with the “Range of Light” differently each year, deepening and challenging my understanding of the natural and human histories that shape this legendary terrain.