Sterling’s journey to authenticity started in the Rocky Mountains at Colorado University. After getting her degree in International Affairs and Business, Sterling pursued a future in Blockchain Technology. While working in the Blockchain Technology space, Sterling began researching local farming, composting, and the microbiome, which ended up bringing her to Seed in Venice Beach.

At Seed, Sterling has an ability to cultivate a functional and beautiful space for our team as well as making our internal operations more sustainable and eco-friendly. She explores our internal ecosystem to achieve office and operational excellence. She is passionate about making a difference both locally and globally, as an individual contributor, team collaborator, and mentor.

Outside of the Seed ecosystem, Sterling enjoys learning about small production farming, going on hikes, eating veggies, playing pickleball, and spending quality time with friends and family.

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In conversation with Sterling:

Six word story of your life.
Long term optimist, short term potato.

What was your first brush with science?
Keeping an analog of all the different types of lizards in my backyard as a kid, tracking the different colors and shapes of their tales. The green anole is still my favorite.

Why do you think bacteria are important?
Bacteria are essential for life. I am more bacteria than human being.

How do you define science?
A fervent pursuit in the ultimate discovery of the unknown.

How do you define health?
You know when you are in the flow of life? That’s it, the flow.

What are you currently reading / listening / watching?
Reading, Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant
Watching, One Strange Rock on National Geographic
Listening, Daft Punk (always)

Favorite microbiome-nurturing food?
Bananas!

Scientist, dead or alive, you’d like to eat with?
Does Alan Watts count? He’s great.

Microbiome perturbation you’re trying to give up.
Probably should relax on caffeine for my bacteria’s sake.

Favorite science joke or best mindgasm fact?
Grasshoppers have ears in their bellies.

One fact most people don’t know about you.
I studied Drama and International Espionage at St. Peters College in Cambridge, England.