About Me
School & Rehab
My name is Alana. I have an Associate's degree in Science, a BS in Wildlife Biology, and a concentration in Wildlife Rehabilitation. From a young age, my passion has been animals. At the age of 16, I started volunteering at my local humane society, and eventually at a wildlife rehabilitation center. I took a break from it when I started working on my AS and picked it right back up when I started my Bachelor's degree.
I volunteered and studied at the May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Banner Elk, NC, which was associated with my school, Lees-McRae College. While going to school, I started doing extra work at my professor's off-site location, where a lot of the ambassadors were kept. The school eventually allowed her to hire me as an independent contractor, as well as hiring me as an off-season rehabilitator in the main center. While attending LMC, I was a mentor and TA in the facility, teaching over 30 of my peers how to rehabilitate wildlife and educate the public with ambassador animals.
Immediatley after graduating, the school hired me to continue working in the rehabilitation center as a mentor to students as they went through their clinical internship.
Other Interests
While my work is a big part of my life, I enjoy several other hobbies and interests in my spare time. Some of which I plan to share here! Some you may see on my blog include traveling, research projects, photography, crafts, etc.
I especially intend to focus on traveling, as my big graduation plan is to do a year-long road trip across the country in my camper. So stay tuned for the adventure!
Rodentia
Rodentia is a blog for the masses intended to share stories, experiences, interests, curiosities, and so much more. This is meant to be an eclectic collection of topics that interest me, and hopefully you too.
The purpose of Rodentia is a platform for composing nature/wildlife/conservation-related articles for anyone, as well as a central creative outlet for myself. My focus is to share my creations and what I learn from my job and hobbies. In addition to my blog posts, I create bone-themed jewelry to sell, as well other products occasionally. You can find out more about it under Rodentia Resin in the About section. You can see what I’m currently selling in the Shop section of the navigation bar.
For any/all posts related to a subject that makes claims not widely known/accepted, appropriate credit will be given to research articles used to compose the article. By no means is anything here scholarly. Use any information found here to guide your own research endeavors, and please always remember the foundations of science while exploring!
