More About Me: You won’t hear the “I left my corporate job to pursue travel blogging” story from me because I’ve never had any desire to work in the corporate world. The closest I ever came to being in the coporate world was working at a call center for a ski resort in Mammoth Lakes.

As a kid, I was obsessed with animals so naturally I followed a career path that led me to becoming a zoo keeper. It was awesome! But it didn’t pay very well, so after a few years I started my own business conducting educational reptile shows at schools for children.

Looking back, this is probably where my fondness for road trips began because often I had to drive far and wide for different events and festivals. On these occasions I would always try to take the opportunity to explore whichever new destination I was in.

My reptile business was extremely successful, but after eight years I wanted to get a formal education behind me in wildlife conservation or ecology. I ended up completing a degree in environmental science with a double major in both natural resource management and fisheries management.

It opened many doors, not only in regards to career opportunities but travel too. I’ve worked on a population study of orangutans in Kalimantan (an island in Indonesia), spent a season tracking desert tortoises across southern Nevada, worked on commercial fishing boats off Washington state’s coastline, spent a winter season monitoring orcas in Seattle’s Elliot Bay, conducted salmon creel and carcass surveys in eastern Washington, and a few other cool jobs.

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