Joanna is a first-year PhD student at the Tingley lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Joanna is studying conservation gaps caused by overlooking female birds. Joanna is passionate about supporting underrepresented voices. She is a member of the Galbatross Project, a group of scientists, birders, writers, and conservationists spreading awareness about often overlooked female birds. Joanna obtained her masters at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, and worked in non-profit conservation organizations for 8 years on burned forests of the Sierra Nevada, the Great Gray Owl, and climate modeling.

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