Having grown up in an ecologically barren and vastly flat part of Texas that smells of feedlots on windy days, Audrey developed an appreciation of more lush and interesting landscapes. However, through her current role as Habitat Exchange Program Specialist with the Environmental Defense Fund, where she plays a role in the development of a monarch butterfly habitat exchange, she is learning how to integrate important habitat on working landscapes. Audrey obtained her Masters of Environmental Management degree at Duke University in North Carolina. She is a birder, amateur photographer, and ever so curious about the natural world.