I am a doctoral student in Forestry and Environmental Resources as well as the District 8 Student Executive Committee for the Society of American Foresters. I have a strong passion for utilizing sustainable practices to help stakeholders make decisions for Forestry and Ecology focused questions. My Masters thesis was focused on validating the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) for loblolly pine plantations in North Carolina using Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Data.