Undergraduate School and Major:
University of California, Berkeley - Molecular Environmental Biology
Medical School:
Tufts Maine Track
Life/professions/adventures prior to attending medical school:
I spent most of my gap years working as a field botanist in Nevada and California doing soil and vegetation surveys, and skiing/farming in the off seasons. Also spent a season as a farm apprentice, volunteered as a birth doula, worked as a tutor for a long while, and had some short stints as a medical assistant and a farmers market cheese gal.
Interests / Hobbies:
Playing music with my friends, knitting/sewing/mending/quilting, making block prints, hiking the NE67 (only 4 to go!). In the summer: biking to the beach for a little dip, floating down rivers, and camping on islands. In the winter: trying my darnedest to perfect a telemark turn
Favorite Food:
A big ol heirloom tomato, or wild blackberries
Restaurant Recommendation:
Cong tu bot - it’s so tasty
Best Arts Experience
The fiddler’s jam at Marshall Wharf in Belfast :)
Favorite Hike or Ski trail:
The John Muir Trail is hard to beat
Favorite Beach (doesn’t have to be in Maine):
Limantour Beach (I love Maine but my heart is still in Northern CA)
Craziest / Best / Worst Job:
Washing dishes in the kitchen of a music camp during summers in high school - any job can be fun if you’re working with the right people
If I weren’t a doctor I would be:
Doing field biology in the Sierra Nevada! Or flower farming!
Medical Interests:
Rural Medicine, Toxicology, Women’s Health / Obstetric Emergencies, Wilderness Medicine, Social EM
Personal Goals:
Get it together and build a garden next year
Why MMC:
As a medical student in the Maine Track, I was drawn to the field of emergency medicine largely because of the amazing experiences I had in the EDs of MMC and surrounding community hospitals. I found the attendings to be smart and enthusiastic teachers, the residents to be kind, inclusive, well-rounded people, and the culture to be one that values empathetic, patient-centered care and awareness of social determinants of health. Also, the quality of life in Portland is unbeatable and I wasn’t ready to leave!
