Originally from Alberta Canada, I have had the privilege in working at Arctic field sites in Canada, Norway and Sweden. I received my BSc. in Environmental Biology from the University of Alberta (2007) and I have just recently completed my Masters in Biology from Stockholm University. While studying at the University of Alberta, I had the opportunity to work in Churchill, Manitoba and in the Kluane Region of the Yukon.  Also while finishing my undergraduate degree, I spent a year abroad studying at UNIS in Svalbard. My Masters thesis fieldwork was performed in the mountainous region of Northern Sweden and explored preferred habitat patch selection of voles in Arctic Sweden in addition to critically analyzing the current methodology used to estimate rodent populations throughout the circumpolar community.