Erin’s path to grant writing is not a straight line. She holds a master’s in Tropical Disease Biology from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a bachelor’s in Biological Anthropology from the University of Oregon, and it was somewhere between the lab bench and nonprofit work in Africa that she found passion in making a compelling case for work that matters. She’s been writing grants since 2022 and loves how many unexpected directions it’s taken her.

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Her focus now is on Oregon-based organizations serving people on the margins, communities that could use a stronger voice. She lives here, her neighbors are here, and supporting that work feels less like a job and more like showing up for the people and places she cares about.

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Erin was born and raised in Southern Oregon and has lived all over the West Coast, from the desert in Southern California to Seattle, Washington. Give her a wifi connection, and she’ll work from anywhere: the trunk of her car in a national park, a train through Italy, or somewhere over the Atlantic, while her husband, Clint, enjoys the trip like a normal person. At home, her priorities are simple: good food, lifelong friends, and quality time with their three cats, Bobby, Dorian, and Oslo.