Originally from Philadelphia, I graduated from the University of Maryland in May of 2001 with a BS in Architecture. From there I went to work for the Georgia State Railroad Museum at Savannah, where I worked until the spring of 2003. In the summer of 2002, Itook leave from there to work as an interpreter at the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in West Virginia. My areas of interest are railroad history and technology, and Appalachian industrial communities. I plan on going into industrial museum and site development planning. I am presently working with the Houghton County Historical Society to develop a plan to interpret the remains of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company's stamp mills at Lake Linden, Michigan