Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, I spent my undergraduate years at Wake Forest University earning a B.A. in Anthropology with minors in both Biology and Cultural Resource Preservation. While working as a research assistant in the WFU Archaeology Laboratory, my appreciation for the field grew. This appreciation eventually found me in Portugal in the summer of 2010 completing an archaeological field school. Continuing in this vain, I returned to Portugal the following summer with funding for research and the added responsibility of assisting with the field school. I have completed research in geologic sourcing, bone weathering, and Native American dentition. While it is true that my interests vary, I look forward to finding my passion at the University of Alabama and plan to use my M.A. thesis to bridge the divide between archaeology and physical anthropology. More specifics to come!