I’ve always had a wide range of interests, but I was especially fascinated with everything related to the outdoors. For that reason, I decided to pursue my studies at Wageningen University. I completed my Bachelor’s degree in International Land and Water Management, focusing on the factors that influenced alley cropping adoption in Balgüe, Nicaragua. Building on that, I went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Climate Studies, specialising in Ecological and Agroecological Systems. I finished this degree with a thesis in which I explored how climate change impacts maize and potato yields in two Dutch regions.
Although I enjoyed working on these topics, I realised that I missed the connection with animals, which has always been one of my greatest interests. To bridge that gap, I decided to pursue a second Master’s degree in Animal Sciences, specialising in Animal Ecology. During this time, I had the opportunity to conduct a research internship at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), where I investigated the effect of brood size manipulations on several immune indices in adult pied flycatchers. For my thesis, I studied the provisioning behaviour of two African bird species in response to a perceived predation threat in Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Eswatini.
In May 2023 I joined the Behavioural Ecology (BHE) group as a research assistant, where I am involved in supporting several research projects.
