Every time I tell people I grew up in Chicago, people always rush to tell me how lucky I am. And it wasn't until I left that I really started to see what everyone meant.

I did not grow up celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in a big way.

As I prepared my final program requirement, a presentation to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Conservation Banking Tracking Compliance - I reflected on the events of the last few months.   Throughout the Directorate…

 Conservation Banks: Protecting Land in Perpetuity  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Directorate Fellowship Project:   I was responsible for monitoring compliance for conservation banks in Southern California.   What is Conservation Banking? Conservation banks were designed…

A little over a week ago I picked up a park service car from the Charlestown Navy Yard for a day of driving around Boston and retrieving the backpacks of filmmaking tools we had lent…

As my Fellowship is coming to a close I would like to say how grateful I am for having had an opportunity like this amidst a pandemic.