I study how galaxies form and evolve in the early Universe, and the role that the circumgalactic medium plays in that story. To do that, I use resolved spectroscopy and imaging of distant galaxies mainly from the JWST, Hubble, ALMA, and Keck Observatories, alongside hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation. I am the Principal Investigator of OCEANS, a 70-hour JWST program using NIRSpec multi-object spectroscopy to map the internal motions and outflows of galaxies in the early Universe. I am also lucky to work alongside awesome colleagues in the CEERS, FOGGIE, CLEAR, and Slice and Dice teams.