Mentors: Emily Beam and Regina Leuty

Bio: Abby grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and after bouncing around the western US for several years, landed in Lakewood, CO in 2020. She is a non-traditional student and recently completed her A.A. at Red Rocks Community College in May 2023.

Abby spent a lot of her childhood outside, which sparked an early love for the outdoors, plants, and wild animals (and bugs!). After spending several years working with youth in the outdoor education industry, she decided to go back to school to earn a degree in biology, and plans on completing the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program at CU Boulder.

In her free time, you can find her rock climbing, hiking outside, playing music, and collecting pine cones. 

View Abby's elevator speech [YouTube]

View Abby's RECCS 2023 presentation [Youtube]

View Abby's poster [PDF]