I’m originally from Gippsland in Victoria and I am an artist and a zoologist. I currently work for Bird Life Australia as a Project Officer for their Migratory Shorebird Program in Newcastle, NSW. I’ve loved birds and birdwatching since I was a kid and became fascinated by shorebirds while studying zoology at The University of Melbourne. Around the same time, I began volunteering with the Victorian Wader Studies Group and the Australasian Wader Study Group, banding and flagging shorebirds around the Victorian coast and Broome, WA.