McKenzie is a fourth-year Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Ph.D. student in the synoptic meteorology group. She received her B.A. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Physical Geography from CU in 2022. McKenzie is researching how to improve operational weather forecasts of extratropical cyclones and downslope windstorms along the Colorado Front Range by utilizing modeling and machine learning techniques. Outside of academics, she enjoys hiking, camping, skiing, playing the piccolo, watching hockey, and cooking!