I am a strong supporter of community education and outreach and I have been practicing community outreach in some form since elementary school. Currently, I volunteer for several outreach events a year with the North Carolina Herpetological Society. Often these events are held at local parks and elementary schools. I have designed and presented herpetology curriculum at local schools and created an outdoor activity for preschoolers called frog twister. In a previous course, Ethics of Bio-technical Communication, I taught students how to perform educational outreach. Students then designed their own outreach material that they presented at the NC Science and Tech Expo. I also have mentored several undergraduate students who assisted me in designing and presenting a booth on mouse scent communication at the North Carolina Museum of Sciences, Brain Awareness Night.