The outdoors have always been where I felt most at home. Learning how to name birds and get familiar with them therefore came naturally. Following that interest in birds and general curiosity, I started bird banding and immediately fell in love: that’s what brought me to Long Point. When I first set foot at the Tip station, I remember being greatly overwhelmed by the feeling that this was a very special place and that I belonged there. After volunteering at LPBO for a while, I became Program Coordinator and since then have had the chance to practice the art of banding, to learn more every day, to teach and meet people who are as passionate as me, and to make a tangible difference in bird conservation.