She teaches both studio and seminar courses in landscape planning, geographic information systems, and representation. As a faculty affiliate for the Initiative in Food and AgriCultural Transformation, her current research investigates the potential of design to improve the social and ecological dynamics of conventional working landscapes. She has been awarded teaching and research grants from the LSU Office of Research and Development, the Coastal Sustainability Studio, and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts. Her professional experience in landscape architecture has spanned a range of public, private, and infrastructural work, including a multi-year installation at Les Jardins de Metis. She received her Master in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelors of the Arts from Pomona College in Claremont, California.