I grew up in the Seattle area and attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. I was always interested in math and physics but first became excited about geology while working as a raft guide in Alaska, the summer after my freshman year of college. I went on to major in Geology and Physics at Whitman and then earned by PhD in seismology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. I am now working as a postdoc at the Carnegie Institute for Science. Outside of geophysics some of my interests include soccer, mountain and road biking, running, whitewater rafting and kayaking, triathlons, traveling, skiing and occasionally climbing.