March 21, 2025 I was present and on the floor of the UN Headquarters in New York City for the launch of the first World Day for Glaciers. To say the day was a surreal experience is an understatement, and one that I am grateful and humbled to have known, as well as for the opportunities that are beginning to blossom from it. Simultaneously, in Paris at the UNESCO Headquarters, my piece Elegy For A Glacier was being shown at an exhibit for the celebration of the day, and to mark the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025. 

I reflect on all of this with deep gratitude. My path to this point of my work, and to the trajectory that it is heading, has been very non-traditional and non-linear. I am not an academic scholar, climate scientist or event a formally trained artist. I am simply someone who is and has been deeply passionate about art, science and environment for as long as I can remember, and who’s curiosity, dedication to self-directed learning and research, and willingness to take risks has lead me to where I am today. To be able to sit on the floor of the UN while my piece is on exhibit at UNESCO is more than I ever thought I would be able to achieve on this crooked path of mine, and now it will serve as a catalyst towards working to create more impactful work to aid in the reconnection of individuals and communities to nature, foster stewardship and action towards planetary protection, and explore ways of humanizing data around climate change and cryosphere science to bridge gaps in awareness and connection to the climate crisis we find ourselves in.

I am excited to see where this all unfurls, the connections I am able to forge and the work that I am able to create.