My research investigates the decision-making frameworks and political-economic structures that govern coastal resilience, circular waste systems, and the transformation of natural resources into ecological infrastructure. As the Recycling Coordinator for Shell to Shore, a statewide oyster shell recycling nonprofit, I work to organize resource recovery that repurposes food waste into reef restoration as a part of Georgia's circular economy. Dedicated to scholarship that protects coastal ecosystems and the more-than-human communities that rely on them.