Julia Matteucci is a first year Masters student in the Marine Biology program at UAF. Although originally from Houston, Texas, she completed her Bachelor’s degree at Colorado State University and pursued work as afield biologist across the western US, eventually landing in Alaska. Heravian-focused experience has encompassed a variety of projects including studying Greater Sage Grouse habitat selection in Wyoming, banding waterfowl in Colorado, and her current work, evaluating the migratory and winter movements of seabirds from the Pribilof Islands.