I had to update my professional profile this week, and it’s always interesting to see what has changed since the last time I sat to try and describe who I am and what I do in a couple of tidy paragraphs.
I'm Excited About Food Systems, Ecosystems and Agriculture
From foraging tropical fruit to syntropic agroforestry, here are some of the things I find exciting in food, ecosystems and agriculture right now.
Searching for My Taxonomy
I spend a lot of time trying to understand the overarching structure under which all of my assorted interests and occupations make sense. My brain is ultra-creative but ohhh does it crave order. I look for patterns and similarities, links and connections to tie it all together in a tidy narrative.
Origins + Routes
This is the theme I keep coming back to, the stories of where I’m from and the paths I’ve travelled; the places I call home and the identities I’ve collected along the way; the personas I was and the person I’ve become.
Welcome to My World!
From my origins in New Mexico to my routes all over the globe, I’ve reinvented myself a hundred times, transformations guided by the inexplicable pull of certain geographies, processes and (non)coincidences. Just when I think I know where the map is leading, I discover another page.