Sasha grew up in Santa Cruz, California where early on he was instilled with a love for nature. After amassing field guides and acquiring his first binoculars around age 10, birds increasingly became the center of his focus. He earned a B.S. degree in Wildlife from Humboldt State University in 2016 and has since worked on a wide variety of avian field studies throughout the western hemisphere. Sasha first worked for SSRS in 2021 as a crew lead on the New Mexico Pinyon-Juniper birds project, and later was hired on to the Weldon field staff where he is currently involved with much of the field research there, particularly Motus. In addition to birding, he enjoys learning about, seeking, and documenting most other forms of biodiversity and traveling (especially to the neotropics) to do so. His other hobbies include outdoor sports (backpacking, trail running, fishing, etc.), reading, and music.