I became a California Certified Naturalist through the Mount Diablo Region program at the Lindsay Wildlife Center in 2017.

As a journalist, I'm currently writing about rewilding, which is how human culture can be brought back into balance with our evolutionary habits and environments. More writing available here. www.writingkraft.com

I previously pursued research in human ecology and sustainability while a graduate student in anthropology at Yale University and the University of London. I have a certification in permaculture design and have taught college courses in sustainable design, urban agriculture and anthropology.

Currently in the Sierra foothills, I am homesteading and rewilding on a 20-acre property.