Undergraduate degree: University of Michigan, Dearborn, Environmental Science with an Earth Science minor

Age: 29

Prior to SNRE: I worked and still work for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality as an air monitoring technician.

Why Landscape Architecture?: I completed my undergraduate degree very interested in restoration ecology, but wasn't interested in tackling it in an research-based way. Landscape architecture allows me to address restoration work in a practical, solutions-based, applied-science approach.

The best part of SNRE so far: The wide range of professional connections and networking help that school staff are happy to provide.

“SNREdiest” thing he’s done: Pleasant parties in the Nichols Arboretum aside, working through the legendary first-term all-nighters of the Landscape Architecture program and keeping my sanity is an experience I'll not soon forget.

After graduation: I hope to work at a design or design/build firm, perhaps designing ecologically valuable stormwater retention systems.