Originally from the Chicago area, Aimee moved west when she was 19 to work in Yellowstone National Park as a wildlife technician. She worked with wolves, bears, and bison for over 10 years before returning to graduate school. She obtained a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from Utah State University, where her research focused on wolf-bison interactions in Yellowstone, and wolf-brown bear interactions in North America and Scandinavia. She is currently continuing to work on wolf-brown bear interactions, seeking to understand how competition between these two top predators affects their ecosystem.