I grew up exploring the mudflats and beaches of Puget Sound on my family’s property near Gig Harbor and began working for People For Puget Sound in October 2009. Although my previous jobs took me far away from the Pacific Northwest, far away to tiny seabird islands in the Atlantic and to remote Hawaiian Islands, I am happy to be back and am looking forward to the muck, drizzle, and gray skies that make me feel at home.