I am a human-environment geographer centering climate justice across coasts and oceans. 
My research draws on political ecology and critical race theory to investigate the root causes on systemic injustices and how inequities are reproduced through climate planning processes. By focusing on militarization, climate change adaptation, and racialization throughout the Pacific I emphasize how communities are differently marginalized by common systems. As a PhD candidate at University of California Berkeley and Dissertation Fellow at the Center for Engaged Scholarship, my book project examines military-led adaptation through a comparative case study in two locations with distinct relationships to the U.S. empire: the unincorporated island territory of Guåhan (Guam) and San Diego County, California in the mainland United States. Beyond uncovering injustice, I seek to collaboratively vision and generate transformative climate justice through place-based environmental stewardship and community-building across geographies.

I am also a co-founder of the Critical Pacific Islands Studies Collective (CPISC), a growing network of Pacific Islanders and allies who conduct interdisciplinary research, mentor students, and support the equitable study of the Pacific. Among other projects, I co-led CPISC to build a public archive of environmental contamination in the Marianas, and to produce The Oceanic Podcast, sharing stories and visions from across Oceania.

I received my Master of Environmental Science from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Johns Hopkins University.