I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where I enjoyed the winter lifestyle, cross country skiing often with my pet dog Jackson. I was always interested in the Gary Paulson and Jack London stories, and my 5th grade teacher had us follow the iditarod race in school. After graduating college in 2017, I was traveling around and hiking around the western states, and ended up working for Danny Beaulieu and Susan Fleck in the Northwest Territories of Canada where I helped train and care for their sprint dogs. I fell in love immediately and moved to Alaska to chase the Iditarod dream. This is now the fourth year I have worked for Jessie Holmes, helping him train for Iditarod and working with the young dogs. My team will consist of dogs from his kennel where we train on the Denali Highway. Running the Iditarod is the ultimate dream for me, to travel through the interior of Alaska and see some of the most beautiful country in the world with my best friends – the highest adventure and a true test of both body and spirit.