I am an aquatic biologist, communicator and environmental educator. My main interest is to investigate for the conservation of amphibians in Buenos Aires, from an educational and biological aspect.

Good Afternoon I an A South African Working in Angola a a Game Ranger. I started my Conservation Career Working in the Durban Museum in Ornithological and Small Mammal Research. I then left and joined the Natal Parks Board as a Ranger, working first in the Natal Drakensberg ( Afro Alpine) then Hluhluwe -Umfolozi Complex ( African Big Five Savannah ) then Coastal Region ( Rocky Shores Estuaries Mangrove Woodlands ,Sandy Beaches and Coral Reefs) Left the NPB and took over from Dr. Ian Player as Director of the Wilderness Leadership School father of the Wild Foundation. As part of the Wilderness Foundation SA founded Msinsi Holdings a private Conservation Management Organisation, from there to Angola as Director of Kissama National Park, a National Park on the Atlantic Coast of 10,000 Sq Kms. 120 Kms of Coast with two major river systems with Sea Turtles, Mangroves and Manatee in the River System. Was involved with the then biggest Aerial Translocation of Big Game from SA. to Angola.Then to Luingui-Luina- Mavinga National Parks 94,000 Sq Kms as a Technical Advisor to the Minister of Environment current delayed currently in Durban SA because of the Covid lock down!

I have a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and I am currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Urban Planning. In addition to curricular and research activities, I am now focusing on courses and training on Climate Change to understand its effects on cities, since this is a field of interest of mine in terms of my professional career. I am a fellow of the Youth Climate Leaders and founded a YCL Hub on my state where I will be responsible for articulating local actions with YCL partners and promoting climate advocacy networks. I am also the Impact Officer for the Global Shapers Hub in Porto Alegre.

I’m originally from Phoenix, Arizona, USA but I moved to Lompoc, California, USA almost ten years ago. I’ve always been interested in animals and wildlife and I knew for a long time I wanted to be work with animals somehow. I got an Associates in Biology at my local community college before I went to University. Then I got my Bachelors in Zoology from Humboldt State University (Now Cal Poly Humboldt). I really enjoyed my studies and I really loved my lab classes especially the identification portion of my Mammalogy and Herpetology classes. After I graduated I briefly had a job in Bakersfield, CA surveying Blunt-Nosed leopard lizards and other endangered species. Since then it has been hard to find a job and ways to gain more experience to get a job in this field. My initial interest was Mammalogy but, I find Herpetology to be equally as fun. I am interested in wildlife and urban ecology and recently I have been interested in camera trapping that is used in wildlife management.

Interdisciplinary conservation professional. Consultant at the European Forest Institute and coordinator for CoalitionWILD 2022 Global Mentorship Programme. Passionate about the social dimensions of natural resource management, community-based conservation, participatory methodologies and human-wildlife conflicts.