Elizabeth grew up in Richmond, VA and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and Regional Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. As an undergraduate, she interned for the Sierra Club and volunteered with the James River Association to improve water quality in the James River. Her curiosity about water resources in the Pacific Northwest led her to Moscow, ID where she is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Idaho. Elizabeth is passionate about protecting water quality and finding integrative ways to monitor human impacts on aquatic ecosystems. She is currently studying the use of crayfish as an indicator species to monitor tire pollution throughout the Columbia River Basin.
