As a producer, writer and anthropologist I have always been innately curious about the world around me. I was fortunate enough to share this passion through film and produced various documentaries which aired on Nat Geo Wild. One of these featured as a story insert on ABC News and was nominated for the Best Animal Behaviour award at the prestigious Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival held in the United States.

I am particularly drawn to different cultures and love exploring new places rich in natural beauty - especially those which spark unforgettable adventures. I've had the incredible opportunity to assist the Lion Whisperer Kevin Richardson and meet Africa's big cats face-to-face. I've been lucky enough to swim with whale sharks in Mozambique, trek by camel to the Great Pyramids of Giza, dive in the coral-rich Red sea, fly over Alaskan glaciers, abseil down Table Mountain, film leopards in the Sabi Sands Nature Reserve, journey through the Okavango swamps by Mokoro, walk across ancient lava fields in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, skydive over Swakopmund in Namibia, search for and find moose in the Alaskan wilderness, hike into the Sinai desert to have lunch with the Bedouin, cliff jump into the aquamarine waters of Lake Malawi, nurse hungry hyena cubs, traverse the Botswana salt pans, eat reindeer venison in Alaska and roasted crocodile meat in South Africa, fly over the Valley of the Kings in a hot air balloon, walk with cheetah, ride the waves in Waikiki Hawaii, meet a herd of 200 buffalo face-to-face on foot and stare down a bison herd in Yellowstone National Park.

In 2010 my thirst for knowledge and determination to actively seek out new and stimulating activities compelled me to return to university and pursue my fascination with human origins and evolution by studying paleoanthropology. My PhD research, under National Geographic Explorer-in- Residence Professor Lee Berger, investigates the potential for soft tissue preservation with the Australopithecus sediba hominins from the Malapa Cave Site, in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. My previous research - which investigated the Goth subculture, was published as a book and is available on Amazon.com.

When I'm not in the lab or off on my next big adventure I can be found exploring my local wilderness trails by mountain bike.