I am a human-environment geographer who conducts interdisciplinary and data-driven research on the topics of climate risk management, community-based climate adaptation, agroforestry & food system, and irrigated agriculture in the US and Global South. My research integrates social and ecological dimensions through system-based frameworks and uses a wide variety of tools and techniques including spatial analysis, econometric modeling, data science, mixed methods, and policy analysis. These works have been published in Nature Climate Change, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Environmental Science & Policy, and Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Prior to joining the graduate program, I worked as an environmental consultant for Japan Water Agency, Danish Hydraulic Institute, World Wildlife Fund Nepal, and WaterAid in Nepal. I received my Ph.D. in Geography with a Minor in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics from University of Arizona, a Master of Public Policy from University of Maryland College Park, and a Bachelor of Environmental Science from McNeese State University, US and St. Xavier’s College, Nepal. 

I am a junior double majoring in Sustainable Development (Community, Regional, and Global Development) and Geography. While new to this lab, I am very excited to begin working with Dr. Thapa on understanding how mountain communities can find and foster climate resilience. In addition to previous advocacy work, I have previous undergraduate research experience in environmental justice with Dr. Rebecca Witter and I conducted farmer interviews in Costa Rica with Dr. Rick Rheingans over the summer of 2023. My research interests and passions lie in environmental humanities, namely forests and their connections to people, understanding the capacity spatial science has to tell stories, and using spatial science as a tool for change with issues such as food sovereignty, housing justice, & forest restoration. I have ambitions to continue my education with a Master’s Degree at App State in Geography with a Climate Change concentration.