After studying botanical medicine around the country, Travis came to Patagonia in 2013 as a farm apprentice at the Native Seeds/SEARCH conservation farm. During this time he joined Borderlands Restoration as a citizen scientist, and later was hired as a restoration horticulturist / plant monitor. He left town in 2014 to travel and gain further experience in permaculture gardening and construction before rejoining the BR team in 2016.