Carley is a graduate research assistant who began her M.S. program in 2021. She graduated from Texas State University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s in Horticulture and Psychology. After graduating, Carley worked at a greenhouse clonal propagating native woody plants and as a farm assistant at a regenerative farm. She has spent many years as an active volunteer with environmental education and horticulture therapy programs. Carley’s current research is studying the effect various fertilizers have on the soil microbiome.