I never thought I’d end up in conservation. Actually, I’ve always been interested in other, more social issues. But nothing can convince you to protect the environment quite like nature itself. Standing beneath a gigantic tree and sensing its age, seeing whales, and hearing wolves howl. I cannot—and will not—imagine a world without that. And so, ever since I first wilderness into the wilderness as a high school student with WI, I’ve stayed involved. I organized an exchange with the Gwich’in in the Western Arctic and lived five months north of the Arctic Circle for that project. Afterward, I studied Intercultural Communication. As part of the Communications team, I can combine both of my passions and share the beauty of wilderness others.