My name is Pamela Crane. I was born in Kenya where my parents were Peace Corps volunteers, my pre-college life was largely spent in the Middle East and the South Pacific, and my current life is split between Africa and America. I love cooking for friends, drinking bottomless cups of chai, curling up with a book, capturing the moment through photos, visiting friends spread across the globe, sleeping in tents and hammocks, attempting to create that elusive thing called art, and spending as much time as possible swimming or SCUBA diving in the ocean.

The nerd trapped inside me spent nine years in academia during which I received a BS in Environmental Biology from Taylor University, a MS in Environmental Geology and a PhD in Water Resources, both from the University of Notre Dame. Although a lover of learning, the last degree was primarily fueled by the water quality and community development research I pursued in villages in Bénin, West Africa.

I bring to my work a passion for education, good science, effective communication, and sustainable community development. Presently I work for Blood:Water Mission, a small nonprofit with the mission of empowering communities to fight against HIV/AIDS and clean water crises in Africa. My work as the water project manager enables me to happily spend my time with one foot in America and one foot in Africa.