My name is Jess (she/her), I am from Greensboro, North Carolina and I attend North Carolina State University studying Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, with a double major in Plant Biology and a minor in Environmental Education. I have gained experience in the field of conservation through being President of NC State's chapter of the Wildlife Society, being a member of the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Collaborative, and through being an undergraduate teaching assistant for dendrology. I enjoy community engagement for conservation and teaching people about plants and wildlife. In the future I hope to work on urban wildlife projects to help mitigate the conflicts that occur when urban sprawl increases human wildlife tensions, and to educate people about the value of nature in an urban setting.