Granite Trail
Two landscapes. One trail. And a whole lot of miles in between
Trail cams, long miles, and the kind of time outdoors that changes how you see everything. This is my journal, unfiltered and firsthand.
Where I Come From
I grew up hiking the White Mountains of New Hampshire; the kind of place that gets into you early and never really lets go. Somewhere along the way, the trails stopped being something I did and became something I am. Granite Trail is where I document that life, the hikes, the wildlife, the gear, the quiet moments you only find when you’re deep enough in to forget everything else. Whether I’m running trail cams in the Arizona backcountry or working a ridge line in the Whites, this is my honest account of time spent outside. No filters. Just the trail.
Key Highlights of Our Site
My Story
Health has always mattered to me. I grew up active, spent my life outside, and thought I had a pretty good read on my own body. Which made it all the more frustrating when something was clearly off and nobody could tell me what. Fatigue, muscle aches, symptoms that came and went without explanation, and over a dozen physicians who couldn’t piece it together. It wasn’t until I found an integrative practitioner who actually looked at the whole picture that I finally got answers. Tick-borne illness. Treatable, but only once someone was willing to dig deep enough to find it.
That experience changed the trajectory of my life. I was studying journalism at the time, but I couldn’t walk away from what I’d witnessed, not just in myself, but in the way the medical system had failed to connect the dots. I pivoted, completed a degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health at UMass Amherst, and set my sights on a field that matched the philosophy of care that had actually helped me: treat the root cause, not just the symptom. Look deeper. Honor the whole person.
I’m now a third-year naturopathic medical student advancing through clinical training, with a long-term focus on tick-borne illness, metabolic health, and preventive medicine. The practitioner who helped me didn’t just treat my illness, they showed me what medicine could look like when it actually listens. That’s what I’m building toward.
Outdoor Enthusiast
When I’m not in the classroom or clinic, I’m outside, and I have been my whole life. I split my time between two landscapes that couldn’t feel more different: the granite ridgelines and birch forests of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, and the ponderosa pine country of Arizona’s Mogollon Rim. Both have shaped me in different ways, and I wouldn’t trade either.
Most of my time outdoors revolves around trail cameras, long hikes into places without cell service, and paying close attention to what’s actually living out there. I’ve captured mountain lion, black bear, elk, mule deer, and pronghorn on trail cam in the Arizona backcountry. Back in New Hampshire I’m chasing moose and bear through country I’ve known since I was a kid. This site is where that footage, those miles, and those experiences live.
Conservation
Spending real time in wild places changes how you see them. You start to notice things; shifts in wildlife patterns, habitat changes, the quiet ways ecosystems are under pressure. Tick-borne illness is itself a conservation story: expanding tick populations, disrupted habitats, and wildlife communities that are changing faster than most people realize.
That intersection, between wild places, wildlife, and human health, is exactly where my interests live. Conservation isn’t separate from medicine for me. It’s the same conversation.