I am a Applied Archaeology M.A. student originally from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. I studied Anthropology at Ithaca College in New York where I was involved in archaeological research helping to define the continuity of the Haudenosaunee identity for purposes of NAGPRA repatriation. After graduating with my B.A. in 2010 I moved to Albuquerque, NM to work as a CRM archaeologist. There I worked on numerous projects for three firms across the state. During 2013 and 2014 I had the chance to work on two large scale survey projects around Santa Fe, New Mexico and it is these projects that have fueled my interests and study area as I enter graduate school here at the U of A.