The ice breaker was scheduled for an hour. A whole hour. I'm sure I'm not alone in my loathing of ice breakers. They quite literally feel cold, effete, an experience that, if any bonds come…

Hello everybody! Hola a todos! I just finished the second week of my internship, and so far this experience has been different from what I expected it to be. The pandemic brought about a lot…

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…