Permits and Certifications Category IV permit to rehabilitate wildlife in Virginia -- VA Department of Wildlife Resources Certified Virginia Master Naturalist -- Virginia Master Naturalists Certificate of matching skill to assistant bird bander -- The Institute of Bird Populations Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation certificate -- International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
Organization Leadership: Social Media Chair and Treasurer -- The Wildlife Disease Association, Virginia Tech student chapter (2019-2021)
Volunteerism Volunteer bird bander at the Fort Wool for the annual tern roundup, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources / Virginia Tech Shorebird Lab (2022) Tick and blood sample collector for Dr. Alex Cumbie's research at Virginia Tech (2021-present) Volunteer in Dr. Kendra Sewall's song sparrow lab at Virginia Tech (2020) Volunteer class note taker for Ornithology and Wildlife Biology (2020) Extracted neotropical songbirds from mist nets at Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama (2020) Volunteer in Dr. Carola Haas' salamander lab at Virginia Tech (2019) Christmas Bird Count volunteer for Blacksburg and Giles County, VA (2016-present) Christmas Bird Count volunteer for Travis County, TX (2017) Project Feederwatch volunteer (2016-2019) Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas 2 volunteer (2016-2020) Virginia Bluebird Society nestbox monitor volunteer (2016-present) Virginia Master Naturalists, New River Valley Chapter (2016-present) Bird banding volunteer at New River Birding and Nature Center (2017) Virginia Tech Hokie BugFest volunteer (2017) Virginia Society of Ornithology annual meeting field trip volunteer (2019) Virginia Society of Ornithology, New River Valley summer field trip volunteer (2017)
Organization Memberships: The Blacksburg Student Bird Club The Wildlife Society, Virginia Tech student chapter The Wildlife Disease Association, Virginia Tech student chapter Virginia Master Naturalists, New River Valley chapter Virginia Society of Ornithology, New River Valley chapter