Mission: To bear witness and ignite change through science, visual storytelling and writing.
I am driven by a deep passion for protecting the wild and healing humanity—work rooted in reconnecting us to each other and the natural world.
I believe that images reveal truths that demand attention, and that words can deepen our understanding, amplify impact, and move us toward collective action.”
Artist’s Statement: The thread that connects us—human to human, bird to ecosystem, pollinator to planet—often goes unseen. It may appear frayed or broken, but when we look closer, we realize it has always been there, quietly binding all life together. Small, seemingly insignificant actions can ripple across this web, causing devastating shifts in distant corners of the world.
I see this thread most vividly in stories—in the tension, the harmony, the disruption, and the restoration. Through my work, I strive to reveal these connections, to make visible what is often overlooked. My aim is to awaken a sense of shared existence, reminding us that people and nature are not separate. We are nature.
By uncovering the intersections in this great, intertwined system—and by amplifying the voices and moments that emerge from it—I hope to stir the same sense of urgency and empathy I feel. Through that raw, emotional truth, perhaps we will be moved to protect one another, and the wild world that holds us all.
Media and Recognitions
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Earth Island Journal, Photography and Article, September 2024, “Ten Years On, Algal Blooms Continue to Plague Lake Erie”
Toledo Free Press, Photography and Article, September 2024, “Spotted Lanternfly Infestation”
Toledo Free Press, Photography and Article, August 2024, “Unique Wetland Restoration”
bioGraphic, Fall 2023, Photography, “City of Glass”
National Audubon Society, Photography, September 10, 2021, “You Could Use Some Good Bird News”
National Audubon Society: (Meet Nish and Nellie, Ohio’s First Nesting Piping Plovers in 83 Years) June 17, 2021
bioGraphic: (Signs of the Times) July 8, 2021
CBS News – Photos and Story: (Wild Turkeys and Hope)
National Wildlife Magazine (America’s Forgotten Wolf)
PBS Nature: Opossum Piece (Backyard Nature)
Toledo City Paper
–July 2020 (Police Reform Photography)
–June 2020 (Cover Photo, Photography for Interviews)
–June 2020 (Protesting a Broken System)
–May 2020 (Lake Erie Dead or Alive)U.S. Fish and Wildlife (Red wolf photography)
Destination Toledo (Migratory bird photography and information)
Perrysburg Messenger Journal, April 2020, (Migratory bird photography and information)
The Nature Conservancy/Green Ribbon Initiative
mLive, July 2019 (Lake Erie Turning Green as Toxic Algae Bloom Expands)
Nature’s Best Magazine 2019 – Conservation Story
Medium Articles –
–11 Ways to Build Hope in the Face of Catastrophe and Grief -
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Toledo’s Best Filmmaker Award 2024
Making Waves Grant Winner 2024
First Time Filmmaker Award for Ploverville at Fresh Coast Film Festival, 2022
Audubon Photography Awards: Top 100, 2022
Highly Honored: Conservation Story - 2019 Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International Award
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Wildlife Camerawoman Collective
“Her Wild Vision” Member, Accepted in 2021
The North American Nature Photography Association
The National Press Photographer’s Association
Glass City Collective
Wild Lens Collective
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Short film, “A Bird in the Hand,” awarded $2500 Fresh Coast Film Festival Making Waves grant to continue outreach in connecting people with the natural world.
“1 in 6 by 2030” Photographer: Documenting lives of various people for worldwide collaborative project, published online and in various media. Photo and writing chosen for part of Photoville exhibit in 2024. Project is ongoing through 2030.
Short film, “Flowing Forward”-Documented multi-year land restoration project for Black Swamp Conservancy, helping them gain the highest number of donations that year through the film’s outreach efforts.
Short film, “Ploverville,” debuted May 2022, promoting story of endangered species and the lives changed for people working to protect them. Raised over $8,000 to date to support endangered plover research and conservation.
Traveling Photo Exhibition for Conservation Outreach: April 2021-Dec 2021 – “The Forgotten Wolf?”
PBS Nature, August 2020, Assistant for ‘Backyard Nature’ Digital Short on Opossum