A native Texan, Erin spent most of her childhood running around outdoors playing soccer, swimming, fishing, and snapping photos around the lakes of central Texas. Along with those experiences and frequent visits to Montana to see family, she developed a deep love for nature and wildlife.

As a young adult, she volunteered at a wildlife rehabilitation center while working at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. These collective experiences drove her toward to earn a bachelor's degree in Parks and Recreation Management. In subsequent years, she worked at several national park sites on endangered species projects and natural resource teams, along with endangered bird and riparian habitat studies in California and back home in the Texas Hill Country.

Aconfirmed advocate for animals and protecting cultures and wildlife, Erinwent on to obtain a master's in Sustainable Tourism Management from Colorado State University. She is a naturalist at heart and inspired by authentic people and travel that benefits local communities. She enjoys rubbing elbows with the wonderfully eclectic bunch of smarty-pants at Nat Hab. She is grateful to be a part of a group of individuals working together to make “tiny changes to Earth” (that is a music reference, of which she has many).

Erin has called seven states home but still has a sweet spot for Maine. Once she is lucky enough to visit Hawaii, she'll be able to say she's been to all 50 states. In2023 she hit her 49th state while visiting Nat Hab's Alaska Bear Camp. She has also witnessed the spiritual magic of the monarch butterfly migration and experienced Arctic wildlife on Nat Hab's Premier Polar Bear Adventure in Churchill, Manitoba.