I recently received a PhD from the Department of Anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and hold a M.A. in Anthropology from Wayne State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Grand Valley State University. I am a biocultural anthropologist that investigates how people use food to cope with stressful situations and how these consumption practices impact the body. Currently, I am the Assistant Program Director of the Office of Grants & Fellowships at the University of Notre Dame. Here, I assist graduate students with their funding applications and manage the the Fulbright submission process as the Fulbright Program Advisor for the Graduate School. At Notre Dame, I was a Doctoral Student Affiliate of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and a Senior Consultant in the Office of Grants and Fellowships. My research has been supported by the Graduate School, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Eck Institute for Global Health, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Explorer’s Club, and most recently, I was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. I was also a Notre Dame Deans’ Fellow.