I began my journey into Landscape Architecture through a departure from Civil Engineering. Switching into Plant Sciences (more specifically SLD) my sophomore year of undergrad I found a more creative approach to environmental problems, one that even had a conversation about modern ecological theory and not purely “immediate” solutions to continuous expanding problems. Now in the graduate program at the University of Tennessee I have begun to further expand my creative interests and design skill set, one that I am grateful to pair with my background in sustainable landscape design.