The Woman Behind the Binos
Listening to the Land
Before you journey with me into wild spaces, I want you to know the path that led me here. This work is not simply something I do, it is something I have lived, walked through, and been shaped by. The wild does not call us by accident; it calls us home. The path that brought me here was woven through loss, love, curiosity, and deep healing. My hope is that as you read, you may see pieces of yourself reflected and feel a sense of safety and trust as you step into your own wild unfolding. If something within you longs for reconnection, I hope you find resonance in the story that follows.
Rooted Founder
I am a Pennsylvania native whose connection to the natural world began in childhood, wandering the woods behind my home and sitting quietly amongst the trees. I remember feeling most myself with dirt on my hands, building forts from fallen branches, listening to birdsong, and watching how light filtered through the canopy. Nature was where I felt safe, curious, and deeply at peace. That early love carried into my years in Girl Scouts and eventually into leadership, where I now hold space for young girls to build confidence, character, and independence, often guiding them into wild places where they can unplug and witness the beauty that unfolds when we disconnect from technology and reconnect with the earth. My professional journey first unfolded as a hairstylist and educator through Aveda, where my passion for environmental leadership and love for making others feel beautiful and seen. I was introduced to Ayurveda and the intelligence of plants. Yet travel continued to call me toward something deeper. Visiting my brother in Botswana shifted my understanding of life and community. Time spent in a local village taught me profound lessons about simplicity, love, and what we truly need to feel comfort and happiness. Camping from Maun to Victoria Falls, I witnessed African wildlife and vast wild spaces for the first time. Elephants moving across open landscapes, endless skies, and the humbling scale of untamed earth. Something ancient awakened in me. That experience led me into conservation work in 2022, interning with an ecology team in Southern Africa before becoming a safari guide and wildlife tracker, learning to read tracks, interpret bird calls, and listen closely to the language of the land.
Wild Steward
As I continued guiding and living nomadically in Namibia, supporting desert-adapted elephant conservation, I was also navigating deep personal grief after losing my mother and grandmother suddenly. Around the same time, I began experiencing chronic pain similar to what they had endured. My body was holding grief, old conditioning, and years of pushing forward under the belief that hard work meant strength. Being forced to slow down became an initiation. The African bush became my healer, elephants my teachers, birdsong my medicine, silence my mirror. I leaned into breathwork, meditation, gentle yoga, and forest bathing, allowing the nervous system to soften and the body to remember safety. Today, I am not only a wildlife tracker but a facilitator of healing and connection, guiding others into wild spaces so they can remember their own belonging. I find profound joy in nourishing people, creating spaces where women can soften, reconnect, and experience the transformative power nature offers. Living Wild Experiences are reciprocal: as we receive healing from the land, we give back in stewardship and support of the ecosystems and communities that hold us. We are not separate from the earth; we are part of it. May we walk gently, together.
The Living Wild Difference
We know you have many choices when it comes to travel. Choose one that you will feel proud of, one that gives back as much as it gives to you. Living Wild Collective offers something rare: intimate journeys rooted in reciprocity, respect, and deep connection. Connect with a one-to-one call today.
Purpose-Driven Travel
Your presence makes a real impact.
We partner with protected reserves and conservation teams who are actively restoring land, funding wildlife research, and supporting local education initiatives. Your journey directly contributes to sustainable conservation efforts, from biodiversity research to community programs. This ensures that as you receive from the land, you also give back to it. This is not extractive travel.It is reciprocal travel. Every experience is created with the intention to restore rather than consume, to give back more than we take.
Holistic & Nature Guided
Time in wild spaces has been shown to reduce stress, regulate the nervous system, and support overall wellbeing. Through meditation, breathwork, journaling, and intentional immersion in nature, you are supported in slowing down and softening. The land becomes both teacher and medicine, allowing space for integration, clarity, and renewal.
Gathered with Intention
Our work is guided by a simple truth: we belong to the Earth. Modern life has distanced many of us from this knowing, yet it lives within us still. Our journeys are designed to help you remember.
Because of this, we walk lightly.
We are ethical guides who are deeply aware of our ecological, cultural, and energetic footprint. We travel in small groups. We move with respect. We honor the traditions of the lands, we enter and seek permission not just legally, but relationally.