Steph grew up in Western Canada and worked a wide variety of jobs – including web developer, technical writer, dispatcher, florist, office admin, landscaper, and many more – before returning to school in 2016. She completed a BA in Cultural Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC) in spring 2020, then drove across the continent to start at MSU in fall 2020. Her research interests include human-environment relations, Indigenous-settler relations, ontology, spirituality, and recovery. Steph’s advisor is Dr. David Hoffman.