I’m a dad, husband, and environmental anthropology Ph.D. candidate. I grew up in El Paso, Texas and studied journalism in undergrad.

I worked for two years as a reporter in Laramie, Wyoming, where my journalistic work focused on education and environmental issues.

I’ve always been interested in the complex intersections of landscape and culture, specifically in the American West and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, both as grounded places and cultural ideas. So, in 2015, I walked from Mexico to Canada up the spine of the Rockies. The blog detailing that six-month journey can be found here.

In 2019, I earned a master’s degree in Latin American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso, where I studied under the noted anthropologist Josiah Heyman and research ecologist Bill Hargrove.

At UTEP, I was a research assistant with the Center for Environmental Resource Management. My thesis looked at household water insecurity in low-income border communities and the soft path to water as a potential means for alleviating the burdens of household water insecurity. Studies from that project can be found here.

My current Ph.D. research at CU Boulder endeavors to understand the intricacies of political ecology and water under the guidance of Jerry Jacka.

In July of 2022, my family of three expanded to five. We had twin boys!