Avery is a 4th year undergrad in the School of Environment, majoring in Environment and Development. Her academic interests include environmental humanities (literature, philosophy, and art), as well as conservation. Her BLUE project focuses primarily on creative writing, including fiction and poetry, that investigates environmental topics such as the Anthropocene, inter-species interaction, and microplastics through a literary lens. She is currently experimenting with different forms of storytelling including video, VR, installation, and even mushroom cultivation. She is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Talk to Avery about: symbiosis, fungi, and how people behave in transit.