About me and evolution

A little about my self; 
I am a Zoology major with a Neuroscience minor and a Pre-Veterinary focus, I am currently in my 🎓senior🎓 year at OSU; I have a passion for the physiology of mammals and plan to further my studies in that area academically. 
I am an avid hiker, kayaker and national park explorer! And a dog mom to 5!
This summer I was lucky enough to visit not only Arizona to hike Devils Bridge but also visit Juneau Alaska with my partner, it was amazing except we wish ours dogs could have came along too! 

Devil's Bridge (with my partner and niece)



Me in a creek (pretty typical)


Perseverance Trail (with my partner ♡)

Luna the OG
Charlie the chillest boi
Nems, a sweet ball of anxiety 



Cooper, self appointed dad to all foster puppies

Hazel, a potato dressed up


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  1. JodieSeptember 6, 2024 at 10:52 AM

    The use of colors, text size, and images/emoji's to offset parts of your text is a really great communication strategy. Maybe play with this in your weekly posts to see how much color or offsetting works best and incorporate that into your final project? (suggestion not a requirement) - Dr. W.

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