I am an environmental scientist, outdoor enthusiast, and MSc candidate in the EOSEL lab at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan. As an undergrad I had the opportunity to participate in several research projects, including an undergraduate thesis analyzing the how freshet peak flows have responded to climate change in small, undisturbed water basins. Now, my research focuses on how different wildfire mitigation scenarios impact social-ecological values in the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia. This research involves collaboration with local experts including, Indigenous governments, municipal and regional governments, industry, and environmental organizations to identify social-ecological values in the region and their relationship to wildfire. These values and relationships serve as a framework for a model that will examine the social and ecological trade-offs of multiple scales of wildfire mitigation. I am interested in coupling complex social-ecological system frameworks with wildfire management to better understand at what scales wildfire mitigation will be effective and if humans and ecosystems can adapt to larger-scale implementation of mitigation.