Max was born and raised in Albany, New York. During his childhood, he and his family spent many summers canoe camping throughout the Adirondack and Catskill Mountain ranges.
Max moved to coastal New Hampshire where he attended the University of New Hampshire. Studying psychology and biology, he completed a wide range of research projects as an undergraduate. After graduating, Max worked at an island marine laboratory in the Gulf of Maine, studying the courtship behaviors of bowerbirds in the Australian outback and examining the complex social structures of the cooperative breeding Acorn Woodpecker in the Carmel Valley.
Max is having a blast living in San Luis Obispo and enjoys the opportunity to explore all the wonderful habitats the County has to offer working as a restoration specialist!