I received both my bachelors and masters degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I began working in the entertainment industry in 2015 and worked mostly in social media marketing, brand strategy, and creative project management through 2022. I left my career to pursue content creation full time in October 2022. I’ll share a more detailed post about my entire academic and professional career path that may answer more of your questions!

Long story short, but when I started hiking I made a million and a half mistakes, from buying too-small boots, to ordering equipment at the last minute from Amazon for a 10 mile hike, to not having a way to navigate a trail while out in the wilderness and out of service. I learned A LOT over time, from research and friends, and I’m a much stronger outdoorswoman today. I leaned on many of my friends to take me hiking on my first 10,000 ft mountain and my first backpacking trips. I’ll write a more about my journey as an avid outdoor enthusiast in a post!

I started out as a content creator by only using my iPhone – and many of the photos you will see on my first blog posts are from my old iPhone 12 Pro! As of 2024, I use my iPhone 15 Pro for some photos, buy i primarily shoot video content on my Sony ZV-1. It’s super compact, has a great built-in microphone, and the video quality is incredible for a camera of its size! I also own a Canon 90D that I have started to shoot more photos on, and will occasionally use for long-form content. And finally, for more adventurous shots, I own a GoPro MAX 360, which I absolutely love to take on my outdoor adventures.