Hi all! Hola a todos! Last week I started my new job as a Citizen Science Latinx Engagement Intern for the National Park Service in their Washington D.C. Area Support Office, or WASO for short.…

The video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officers is atrocious. He called out for breath. He called out to his mother. No one helped him. Prior to his murder, Breonna Taylor was murdered by…

The Director Fellowship Program with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) was about to start, but many questions swirled around our summer projects:  "How are we going to effectively conduct our conservation project responsibilities when…

What started as a blog post has instead transformed into more than that - it is a call to action, a plea to mi gente, and a renouncing of racism.  Mi gente, it’s time to…

This pandemic exposed something far more than a health crisis.  It exposed weaknesses in a system that was not prepared to face them.  Without a doubt the challenges multiplied in all areas in a radical…

I think I’m better prepared than most to weather this transition in our lives. Not only because I’m relatively privileged, continue to have two wage-earners in our household, with a dog and a backyard and…