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Desert Research Institue is Nevada’s non-profit research institute, founded in 1959 to empower experts to focus on science that matters. We work with communities across the state –and the world– to address their most pressing scientific questions, while building bridges between scientists and policymakers to enact positive change.

My name is Kingsley & I work full time at MIT in the cybersecurity field. However at a very young age I used to pretend that I collected samples from the river in Ellsworth Maine. I've always been intrigued by nature and how things achieved symbiosis. 

LA GUAYABA es un espacio de educacion vivenciada en la naturaleza, ubicado en las Yungas Tucumanas, al norte de Argentina. Conectamos las infancias con la naturaleza y realizamos encuentros de aprendizaje experiencial. Unimos naturaleza, juego y actividad creadora en cada una de las propuestas. 

Nina joined NAAEE with a background focused on community-based conservation and social inclusion, from working with mangrove-dependent communities in Madagascar to coordinating a global advisory group to promote women's land rights. After a childhood spent living in Asia and Latin America, Nina is particularly passionate about working across cultures to combine her interests in the environment, sustainable development, and social equity. Nina has a Master's in Environmental Management from Duke University. Through her Master's project, she worked closely with a community-based wildlife management and environmental education project in Gabon, where she conducted community mapping in 10 rural communities to better understand their priorities and concerns related to their natural resources.