I am currently in the Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado, Boulder and work at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics. My academic interests are in the genetic variation and individual differences in human behavior, as well as the genetic basis of complex disease. I am advised by Dr. Matthew McQueen and Dr. Matthew Keller.

I was born Nov. 4th, 1980 and grew up in Southern California. In 2002, I received my B.A. in Physical Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2008, I received my M.A. in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach