Expert panelist in compiling and assessing the threat classifications for birds found in the Otago region, and creating a companion guide with facts and photos for 78 key species.

Bachelor of Science majoring in Zoology and minoring in Ecology (89% average, 8.3 GPA), classrepresentative in Ecology, Zoology, and Marine Science papers and recipient of a New Frontiers EntranceScholarship. Tutored Animal Biology and and coordinated student volunteering opportunities such as tree planting and onsite possum trapping at Aquinas College. Class representative for Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Designs for Living, and Marine Biology courses. Environmental Officer for the Otago University Tramping Club in 2022. Received a Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management in 2023. Started a Masters in Ecology on the movements and plumages of Southern New Zealand Dotterel/pukunui in 2024.

Author of 'A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand' 1st and 2nd Editions. Co-author of 'The 50 Best Birdwatching Sites in New Zealand' 2nd Edition.

Involves boat mooring, cleaning, cash-handling skills. Goal to share detailed knowledge and memorable wildlife experiences with visitors, particularly albatrosses and cetaceans around Otago Peninsula. Provides comprehensive first aid training and emergency prep.

Customer service in; food, beverage and cinema transactions. Maintain cleanliness of site.

Providing information on fauna, flora, history and conservation of Island while walking through the bush. Keeping track of wellbeing of visitors, basic first aid knowledge is necessary. Other jobs on island may include weeding, track maintenance, and being on hand to assist researchers, by surveying/studying wildlife and vegetation.

Customer service in; food, beverage and cinema transactions. Maintain cleanliness of site.