AWARDS
AWARDS
Young Birder of the Year 2025, American Birding Association (LINK)
Gahanna Teen Earns National Honor from ABA, NBC (LINK)
Fascinating Ohio - Teen Edition, NPR (LINK)
Interview with Good Day Columbus, ABC/FOX (LINK)
Gahanna Teen Named Young Birder of the Year, ABC/FOX (LINK)
Gahanna Teen Named ABA Young Birder of the Year, NPR (LINK)
Gahanna Teen Named Young Birder of the Year, Ohio Animal Advocates (LINK)
Gahanna City Council: Joint Resolution and Proclamations to Honor 2025 Young Birder of the Year in Celebration of World Animal Day and World Habitat Month (LINK)
Honor: Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools Board of Education
Honor: General Assembly of The State of Ohio via Beryl Piccolantonio
Conservation and Community Leadership 2025, 1st Place, American Birding Association
Writing 2025, 1st Place, American Birding Association
Illustration 2025, 2nd Place, American Birding Association
Photography 2025, Honorable Mention, American Birding Association
Junior Conservation Award 2025, Columbus Audubon
Conservation and Community Leadership 2024, 1st Place, American Birding Association
Photography 2024, 1st Place, American Birding Association
Writing 2024, 1st Place, American Birding Association
Field Notebook 2024, 3rd Place, American Birding Association
Illustration 2024, 3rd Place, American Birding Association
PUBLICATIONS
On the Brink: A Youth's Journey to See the Five Rarest Birds of the Continental US, ABC's Birding Conservation Magazine, Spring 2025
Student Conference Refection, OYBC's Golden-Wings Newsletter, Winter 2025
Endemic Paradise: A Tour of Hawaii's Big Island, ABA's Fledgling Magazine, Winter 2025
Finding a Nemesis Bird, Wild Ohio Magazine, Issue Number 6 2025
A Look at ABA's Young Birder of the Year Program, Columbus Audubon's Song Sparrow, August 2024
Summer Tern-cation, ABA's Fledgling Magazine, Summer 2024
Serendipity: Hidden Gems in the Metro Parks, GIAC Blog, Summer 2024
Flock: A Story of Community and Jen Brumfield, Owen Deutsch Blog, December 2023
PRESENTATIONS
Birding is More than Birds, Southeast Arizona Birding Festival, August 2026
Birding is More than Birds, The Biggest Week in American Birding Festival, May 2026
Birding is More than Birds, Kirtland's Warbler Club, May 2026
Birding is More than Birds, Tri-Moraine, April 2026
Birding is More than Birds, BSBO at Home, December 2025
Birding is More than Birds, Keynote, Annual Ohio Young Birders Conference, November 2025
On the Brink, Columbus Natural History Society, October 2025
Treasure Map to the Five Rarest Birds in the US, The Biggest Week in American Birding Festival, May 2025
On the Brink, Delaware County Bird Club, April 2025
Sparrow and Warblers, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, April 2025
Birding by Sound, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, March 2025
When and Where to Look, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, February 2025
Anatomy and Plumage, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, January 2025
On the Brink, Union County Bird Club, January 2025
Using Resources to Find More Birds, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, December 2024
Introduction to Bird Identification, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, November 2024
On the Brink, Annual Ohio Young Birders Conference, November 2024
On the Brink, Gahanna Middle School South, October 2024
Terns of North America, The Wheaton Club, June 2024
Terns of North America, The Biggest Week in American Birding Festival, May 2024
Summer Tern-cation, Annual Ohio Young Birders Conference, November 2023
Summer Tern-cation, Gahanna Middle School South, October 2023
OHIO: WILD AT HEART IMAX FILM