I finished my BA in Business Economics with Ashford University Online and am currently pursuing a Minor in International Development, a Graduate Certificate in GIS, and another Graduate Certificate in Society and Ecosystems, in addition to my Masters. My research interests mainly focus on all aspects of sustainable development, including microbusiness, livelihood diversification, community-based resource management, eco-tourism, and technological diffusion. Informing these studies are mostly theories associated with postcolonialist, anarchist, and feminist thought, as well as political ecology and others.