One of the most common ice breakers I have come across is, “please describe yourself in three words.”

At the start of this fellowship, I am not sure I would have the same answer as I do right now, but I would say, without hesitation, chaotic, adaptive, and supportive.

As a recent college graduate and an emerging professional, a health pandemic has made it really hard to be a working professional.

In recent weeks, I have constantly asked myself: what does being productive look like during a global pandemic? For me, concentrating on my work varies from the week to week, some days are harder than others but – I am so grateful for the flexible and understanding team that I get to work with during this fellowship.

Hispanic Access Foundation is working with our community leaders and partners to provide support and trusted resources for those who are most severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Stay connected with HAF and visit this page often for up-to-date information and helpful resources for everyone in the community. This page serves as a central online hub where you can find financial, health and nutrition assistance, as well as ways to stay connected and Coronavirus Resiliency Stories.

Acceso Hispano (HAF) está trabajando con nuestros socios y líderes de la comunidad para proveer apoyo y recursos de confianza para las personas que son más afectadas por el pandémico del coronavirus. Mantente conectado con HAF y visita está página con frecuencia para la información al día y recursos útiles para todos en la comunidad. Está página sirve como un hub en línea central donde puede obtener asistencia financiero, sanitario, y alimentario, además de maneras a mantenerse conectado y historias de la capacidad de recuperación durante el Coronavirus.

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As the United States reels from COVID-19, scientists and environmentalists say beefing up conservation efforts could help protect humanity from future pandemics.

Lawmakers and policy experts alike have been focused on the immediate health and economic concerns from the pandemic. But many environmental advocates say the global crisis has also laid bare the need for more proactive and integrated measures over the long-term — including land and water conservation and tighter regulation of the wildlife trade.

Last week, more than 30 Latino faith leaders learned how their churches can implement and plan for green infrastructure projects in order to conserve water and mitigate climate change. Pastor Agustin Jimenez from New Hope Methodist Church in Tucson, Ariz. shared how his church converted its facility to conserve and harvest water to preserve the watershed and mitigate flooding, which is experiencing hotter conditions, higher water demand, and dwindling water supplies.

The 10th annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today shows Latino voters in the Mountain West calling for an aggressive agenda to protect more public lands in the face of threats from climate change impacts and energy development.

Last week, Latino leaders from HAF’s networks visited elected officials in Washington to share why the 100% Clean Economy Act (H.R. 5221 and S.B. 3269) is critical in combating climate change in order to protect our economy, environment, public health and way of life. The act will empower the Environment Protection Agency to both set and move the country toward a national goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by no later than 2050.

With the support of President Donald Trump, Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act that will finally provide full dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address the $12 billion maintenance backlog facing our national parks. LWCF’s impact extends to neighborhoods throughout the country, reaches nearly every county in the nation and has been instrumental in providing Latino and other diverse communities with access to the outdoors.

I’ve lived on the Front Range of Colorado for the majority of my adult life. In all those years, I’ve fallen in love with Colorado’s mountains, the wildlife that live here, and the inner peace and tranquility I feel after spending some time wandering here. With every passing year, I fall deeper in love as I visit new places and parks throughout the state.

Today, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020, which would end the practice of leasing low and no potential lands for oil and gas drilling by requiring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to assess all lands’ mineral development potential before offering those lands for lease, and prohibiting leasing on any lands found to have low or no development potential. In response to the passage, Maite Arce, Hispanic Access Foundation’s president and CEO, released the following statement: