Sarah is an Environmental Science (BSc) student from Athol, Nova Scotia. Before coming to Acadia, Sarah attended Fleming College in Lindsay, Ontario, where she obtained diplomas in the Ecosystem Management Technician and Technology programs. Sarah has extensive volunteer and internship experience with the rare Charitable Research Reserve, the City of Peterborough, the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, and many others. Sarah’s honours thesis will focus on characterizing the diversity of leaf and seed endophytes in Eastern Mountain Avens (Geum peckii – an endangered plant). Sarah is happiest when she’s wading about in a marsh or hiking through an old growth forest.