I obtained my master of resource and environmental management degree from Dalhousie University in 2015, focusing on international development, including a internship position in Mongolia and subsequent research report on community-based research management, and on conflict studies. I then began working as a research officer at the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative based at Dalhousie University in March 2016, where I have been involved in the publication of peer reviewed and grey literature articles and research projects on the use of child soldiers, early warning of mass atrocities, and children's rights.