Graduate of Forest and Wildlife Management at Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture Stephen F. Austin State University

Involved with:
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
The Wildlife Society (TWS)
Student Section of the Association for Fire Ecology (SAFE)

Worked with:
Multiple Herptiles, salamanders and anurans in research

Professionally with Louisiana Pine Snake breeding, and herpetology with Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin, TX