BIPOC in Environmental Careers Panel

This panel will highlight the stories and experience of BIPOC working in environmental careers. Join our panel of professionals to learn about the inspiration and paths that led them to work in the variety of different careers in the green space. Our panelist will represent environmental and outdoor related careers in education, interpretation, policy, parks, conservation, and nonprofit and agency work. This panel will be facilitated by Vianey Moreno, Community Nature Connection Project Specialist and Alumni Association Lead.

Featured Panelists:

Brenda Kyle

Community Engagement Coordinator, Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants

Araceli Hernandez

Program Organizer, Nature for All

Co-Creator, 818 Hikes

Jewel Johnson

Supervising Ranger, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Bryan Matsumoto

Program Organizer, Nature for All

Past-President, Great Outdoors Los Angeles

Ramsey Harris

Interpreter, National Association of Interpretation

Mithra Derakshan

Park Ranger, Channel Islands National Park

Location: Online

For questions about accessibility, please email training@communitynatureconnection.org. 

*Must be 18 and over for this training