MCs Ethnobotany, Distinction
University of Kent
Canterbury, UK

Dissertation: The Ethnobotany of Succulent Plants: Assessing Plant Use in the Global Succulent Flora

Interdisciplinary program investigating the use and knowledge of plants within the context of their cultural, historic, medicinal, and economic significance.

The outcome of my research was the first comprehensive survey to examine how patterns of succulent plant use may highlight solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the most vulnerable areas of the world.

Trained in anthropological research methods and botanical science. Skilled in:

• Research

• Data analysis

• Distilling complex information into simple language

• Coss-cultural communications

• Working with diverse groups of people