I received a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Tulane University, and wrote my Honour's Thesis on funerary and mortuary practices throughout differing cultural groups, and how these practices relate to spirituality and religion. The myths and sacred stories of cultures help us understand a variety of aspects of their daily life, and the secular and anthropological study of all spiritual concepts is, in my view, essential to understanding what makes us a global community.

In addition, Tulane University is home to MARI, the Middle American Research Institute -- many students in my graduate cohort went on to become Maya archaeologists, and the study of their culture formed a basis for many of my courses. This includes a working knowledge of Maya hieroglyphics, the modern Nahuatl language, as well as the translation of many of these symbols and understanding of pronunciation conventions.

I am an archaeologist and anthropologist, and have worked extensively in this region, including excavations in Guatemala.

Additionally, my alma mater is home to MARI (the Middle American Research Institute), and I am credited with work in their academic journal, which is the foremost source for Maya archaeological discoveries and discussion.