When I'm not researching, writing, reading, or teaching, I am usually throwing a ball for my two rescue dogs or hanging out with my amazing partner of nearly 16 years. We enjoy gardening, traveling, and exploring new places together.
I grow and propagate succulents and other plants. My biggest botanical achievement was in 2023, when I alerted the U.S. Botanical Garden to a mislabeled succulent. They changed the label, saving thousands--if not millions--of people from thinking a plant was a crassula pyramidalis when it was not, in fact, a crassula pyramidalis! (You're all welcome.)
I am also an avid fiction reader, a temporarily lapsed potter, and a volunteer mentor for the Point Foundation.
I grow and propagate succulents and other plants. My biggest botanical achievement was in 2023, when I alerted the U.S. Botanical Garden to a mislabeled succulent. They changed the label, saving thousands--if not millions--of people from thinking a plant was a crassula pyramidalis when it was not, in fact, a crassula pyramidalis! (You're all welcome.)
I am also an avid fiction reader, a temporarily lapsed potter, and a volunteer mentor for the Point Foundation.