I am a writer, scholar, and program lead for Harvard's "Thinking with Plants and Fungi Initiative," an interdisciplinary exploration into how cutting-edge science on plants is challenging our notions of mind and matter. My graduate research at Harvard focused on philosophies and practices that acknowledge the intelligence of the more-than-human world, with a particular focus on strains of panpsychism and pantheism in German Naturphilosophie. Prior to Harvard, I worked for a decade in environmental policy, with expertise in climate mitigation, forest protection, and indigenous rights. I have conducted fieldwork in the Amazon, Borneo, and Arctic Canada, and have served as Senior Advisor to National Geographic Society and founding Deputy Director of Global Forest Watch at WRI. I also founded Earthrise Services, a consultancy serving organizations tackling our biggest ecological challenges. My former clients range from large international philanthropies to local community-led conservation efforts including the Bezos Earth Fund, the Climate Leadership Initiative, Climateworks Foundation, and others. My skills include dynamic group facilitation, strategy planning, and philanthropy advisory services. I was a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellow and a Mulago Foundation Henry Arnhold Conservation Fellow. I have a BA in Anthropology and Environmental Policy from Rice University and an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School. I speak fluent Spanish, Portuguese, German, and conversational Italian.In addition, I practice Zen Buddhism in the Sōtō tradition, and am training as a Buddhist Ecochaplain through the Sati Institute. My poetry and nonfiction have appeared or are forthcoming in Aeon, The Sun, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Tricycle Magazine, Peripheries Poetry Journal, The Rumpus, The Outline, Psymposia and elsewhere.