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Leadership Story
As a child José regularly visited family in Mexico, where they had abundant natural space to explore, but he was disappointed in the lack of safe parks to play in when he would return to Los Angeles. As a community organizer, he saw the value of quality greenspace to working class communities. These experiences ultimately led him to pursue a career as a landscape architect working to advance park equity.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, October 20 2022
Location: Virtual Event
Fellows Daisy Benitez and Erik Martinez will host this casual social hour for Latinx/e Switzer Fellows to get to know one another, network, share experiences of being Latinx/e in environmental fiel
Switzer Network
Fellows in the News
Sep 28, 2022
“In the face of global climate and biodiversity crises, CNPS’s mission to save California’s native plants and habitats has never been more relevant,” Jun said. “I’m thrilled to be joining an amazing team of people working to power the native plant movement through both head and heart.”Read more >
Sep 28, 2022
This new model represents an evaluation capacity building process to fully develop educators’ evaluation literacy, acknowledging the cyclical nature of learning, applying, and refining ones’ understanding and skills. The model serves as a tool for facilitators of ECB to apply in informal science contexts.Read more >
Sep 28, 2022
Perrault writes in Science: "assuming that protecting big banks will protect other, smaller financial entities and the financial system more broadly obscures the financial crisis that is already underway and inadequately responds to scientific evidence on distinctive features of climate risk and impacts."Read more >
Sep 28, 2022
The study found 132 wind-related incidents from 2000-2021 that resulted in at least 479 injuries and 28 deaths, many occurring at wind speeds not considered hazardous.Read more >
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