I am an interdisciplinary food systems scholar and Assistant Professor of Agroecology in Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. My work aims to produce science that both serves the communities it concerns and fosters broader societal and policy change in support of agroecological transitions and food system transformation.

I previously conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Hohenheim in southwest Germany, where I helped to lead the Bright Spots of Sustainable Agriculture Project and the Agroecology4Climate Project. Prior to that, I worked at VU Amsterdam, where I modeled scenarios to integrate legume crops into European crop rotations and assessed implications for sustainable diets.

In 2021, I earned a PhD in agroecology from the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. My dissertation research focused on farm management practices that can support both environmental sustainability and nutrition security through diversified crop production. I conducted participatory research in partnership with the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), local nonprofits, and a farmer network (Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia) in southern Brazil, integrating ecological experiments with qualitative interview and survey data.

Outside of research, I am an avid ashtanga yoga practitioner, weekend bike-packer, and backyard farmer. Bringing the garden to the kitchen, I love to experiment with new foods and flavor combinations. Nourishing community by growing, cooking, and eating wholesome food with others is important to me, in research and outside of it!