Biography

I am a risk communication and learning specialist with the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s Education and Engagement Team. I also am a member of the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory’s Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Engagement Team.

Based at Jackson State University, I translate technical severe weather science results for diverse audiences through training sessions, extension publications and outreach products.

I work to educate residents in the Southeast about severe weather events that occur in the region, safe sheltering, receiving severe weather alerts, administering first aid and more so they can make advised, life-saving decisions in the face of weather emergencies.

The VORTEX-SE Engagement Team supports the transfer of information between the people whose livelihoods depend on accurate and timely information on severe weather and the VORTEX-SE scientists, researchers, project team and advisory council.