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Karen Nickel and Dawn Chapman met at an air-sampling event created in response to alarming odors in their neighborhood. “The odors were unlike anything we'd ever experienced,” Dawn explained. “They were causing our eyes to swell and burn and our noses to bleed.”  Just a week prior, in the middle of planning her daughter’s fifth birthday party, Dawn le...

I became a US citizen in 2018 after a 17 year immigration process and in just two weeks, I will have lived half my life in the US. In the US, unlike in my own country, I was able to go to college, start my career, feel safe, and had the opportunity to thrive. However, since I started doing conservation with a historical and justice perspective, I’ve felt tokenize...

Dr. Juliano Palacios Abrantes is a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His work looks at the social-ecological implications of climate change on fisheries management and marine conservation. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, a M.Sc. from the University of California, and a B.Sc. in Biology from the Universidad Au...

Sometimes I miss the feeling of cold, sticky mud between my fingers. I started out as a wetland scientist. For several years, I got to spend my days in coastal wetlands in Mexico, dynamic ecosystems at the interface of desert and sea. I fell in love with these vibrant but vulnerable systems while in college, because they are incredibly beautiful but overlooked habi...

A sociologist, educator, and writer, Dr. Adelle Monteblanco is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middle Tennessee State University. Adelle studies reproductive environmental health, using science to ensure that every family has the right to gestate and parent their children in a safe environment. She is a proud member of the 2020 cohort of the Scientist Sentin...

Latino Conservation Week, an initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF), was developed to celebrate the Latino community’s commitment to conservation and engage communities in outdoor recreational activities and stewardship. This annual celebration provides us with an opportunity to take a look into the critical conservation and advocacy performed by Latino r...