28 August 2023
Caring For the Land and Serving People as an Indigenous
As an Indigenous, we are taught at a young age to understand the meaning of respecting and caring for the land for it takes care of us, the children of mother earth. Our morals and…
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23 August 2023
Héctor Varela: Leading the Way for Coastal Conservation in Puerto Rico
Héctor Varela grew up in a rural community in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Closer to the mountains than the ocean, he always felt an innate connection to the water. As he recounts each one of his…
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16 August 2023
Sonia Navarro: Empowering Latinos through Financial Literacy
Sonia Navarro has devoted her career to community development engagement for more than two decades. She describes her commitment as “a testament to my dedication, as the daughter of Mexican immigrants.” Originally from Los Angeles,…
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16 August 2023
My admiration of field workers
Throughout my college career, I had the privilege of spending summers assisting in field work efforts for various research labs affiliated with my alma mater, the University of Vermont.
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16 August 2023
Meet Minnesota Valley
In June I started my Visitor and Community Engagement Internship with the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife refuge in Bloomington, MN.
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14 August 2023
Title: While Technology May Allow us to Stay Close from a Distance, it Can Also Keep Those Closest at a Distance Subheading: When First Introductions Don’t Occur Behind a Screen, There’s Greater Potential for Strong, Long-lasting Relationships to Flou
As the hopeful optimist that I am, I’ve always held a glass half-full outlook on life. So it was only natural that when I came into my base site, the Inyo National Forest Supervisor’s Office,…
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