Project Title: The Effects of Snowmelt Timing and Warming on Plant Phenology 

Mentors: Laurel Brigham; Kyle Christianson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at CU

Bio: LeAnna is a nontraditional first generation student from Houston Texas that has studied at both Front Range Community College and Austin Community College. She loves to talk to people about the protection and preservation of nature.

LeAnna has worked at the Houston Arboretum teaching nature-based education programs to children and performing on-grounds conservation work. She has also worked as a camp counselor for the Austin Nature and Science Center, a nature specialist at a private preschool, and an intern with the Trail Foundation in Austin working as an assistant to the director of ecological restoration.

LeAnna has spent the last two semesters working as a lab assistant in the Natural Sciences Department at Front Range Community College and is transferring to Colorado State University in the fall to obtain her bachelor’s in ecosystem science and sustainability with a minor in eco-policy. She moved to Fort Collins last summer to be in a city that facilitates better access to nature as she enjoys rock climbing, hiking, and pretty much anything involving the outdoors. 

View LeAnna's poster and poster presentation.