Hazel (she/her) grew up in Bellingham, Washington, learning to love skiing and biking at the hands of an enthusiastic dad, and learning to love running at the hands of an even more enthusiastic high school cross country coach. Later, while attending college in Lewiston, Maine, studying geology and anthropology, Hazel came to appreciate the rugged terrain of the Maine coast and the windswept granite mountains through many hours of fieldwork. After a suite of post-grad environmental education teaching experiences from Maine, back to Washington, then to Colorado, she decided that teaching was it and earned a MSc in science teaching from UMaine. While there, she designed a study to try and understand students’ conceptualizations of science and how those ideas influence how students define (or don’t define) themselves as scientists. After teaching middle school science for a few years, she decided she missed working in the field and took a chance on wildlife biology working with endangered shearwaters in the mountains of Kaua’i, Hawai’i. It is from this recent wildlife biology experience that she comes to WRFI, excited to be able to combine her passions for fieldwork and teaching once again!