about

i am alexis.

i began this blog when i was a junior at boston college, right before i spent a semester in new zealand, to share pictures and stories with my family. this blog has continued to be more travel blog than normal everyday life blog, but as i have moved basically every six-months to a year since finishing my undergraduate degree, it is conveniently about where i live and what i do.

i live in DC with my husband, iván. i miss the desert and ocean horribly, but try to make the best of it.

i work at an environmental NGO called EDF where i work on rights-based fisheries management.

i was a knauss marine policy fellow in the NMFS office of international affairs.

i worked with the gulf of california marine program at SIO in la paz, baja california sur on sustainable fisheries and marine protected areas.

i got my master's from scripps institution of oceanography. it was always my dream to study there.

i lived in puerto peñasco, sonora, mexico for a year and a half as an education intern for an environmental ngo. i fell in love with mexico and learned to speak spanish.

i spent six months counting invertebrates in the tide pools of oregon.

i volunteered in the philippines for six months. it was an extremely life-altering and forming experience and among the most challenging things i have ever done.

i spent a semester in new zealand. it was the best semester of my undergraduate life.

i am still learning

i am not afraid to go wherever life takes me

i love a good cafe

i have a tattoo

i love music

i am a very fast reader. and read everything i can get my hands on.

i love the mountains

i love crossword puzzles

i love being outside

i enjoy late night talks

i love to walk

i love photography