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Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #7: Faith RamonIn our last episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas” for 2023, SIA board member Denise Moreno Ramírez interviews Faith Ramon about growing up on and off the Tohono O’odham reservation and her amazing career journey. Faith shares openly about transformative moments as she built a career in environmental justice, and has an inspiring message to all about awareness around water. Faith is an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation and currently the Tucson Environmental Justice Campaign Manager for the Arizona Center for Empowerment and its sister organization Living United for Change in Arizona. Co-creators: Denise Moreno Ramírez, Christian Aguilar Murrieta...2023-12-1525 min
Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #6: Norma Villagómez-Márquez
In this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” SIA board member Christian Aguilar Murrieta interviews Dr. Norma Villagómez-Márquez about her experience growing up in the borderlands and how she found her passion for studying water.
Norma is a chemist, engineer, and consultant who works in interdisciplinary teams with partners in both nonprofit and private sectors. She received a Ph.D. in Soil & Water Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 2021. Today, as a scientific recruiter, she spends her days helping other scientists find their job niche within a wide range of industries and fields. You can listen to the...2023-11-2023 min
Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #5: Lorena Lopez-PowersIn this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” SIA board member Denise Moreno Ramírez chats with Lorena Lopez-Powers about what it was like growing up in the borderlands and how it influenced her life, education, and career. As a regional coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency*, Lopez-Powers is no stranger to the challenges of addressing environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. She shares her unique experiences of being a “woman in the room” in the early 1990s, the benefits of being bilingual, and advice for those getting started in the field.
Lorena Lopez-Powers obtained her under...2023-10-0621 min
Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #4: Edna Mendoza
In this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews guest Edna Mendoza about growing up in Nogales, Arizona, her educational journey, career work with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, and recent retirement.
For more than 30 years, Edna worked for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality overseeing the Office of Regional and Border Assistance. Under her leadership, the agency developed the first binational state-to-state environmental strategic plan. This was in collaboration with Sonora’s Ecology and Sustainable Development Commission, North American Development Bank, Arizona Game and Fi...2023-09-0819 min
Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #3: Irasema CoronadoIn this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews Arizona State University’s Director of Transborder Studies Irasema Coronado about her career, border politics, power dynamics, and the challenges of working in her field.
Irasema’s career is impressive. In addition to being ASU’s Director of Transborder Studies, she’s also a teacher and researcher at the school with a focus on immigration, human rights and environmental policy on the border. She’s authored or edited many books; her most recent publicati...2023-08-0415 min
Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #2: Christian Aguilar MurrietaIn this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews fellow SIA board member Christian Aguilar Murrieta about her binational life, career, and more. Christian is the Communications and Outreach Specialist for Watershed Management Group in Tucson, where she works to change people’s perception about water use in the Sonoran Desert and teach them how to create beautiful, productive gardens in their own backyards.
Co-creators: Denise Moreno Ramírez, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin, Christian Aguilar Murrieta, Louise Misztal, Amy Amoroso
Further Lea...2023-07-1022 min
Mujeres FronterizasMujeres Fronterizas #1: Denise Moreno RamírezIn this first installment of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews fellow SIA board member Denise Moreno Ramírez about her career as an environmental scientist and how it was influenced by growing up in Ambos Nogales. Denise has worked in academia as a community-engaged, interdisciplinary scientist in southern Arizona and northern Mexico for 20 years, addressing transboundary water issues, environmental racism, contaminated sites, and environmental health.
Co-creators: Denise Moreno Ramírez, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin, Christian Aguilar Murrieta, Louise Misztal, Amy Amoroso
Further...2023-05-1809 min
Southern Arizona Nonprofits - IMPACTSANFP E19: Louise Misztal - Executive Director at Sky Island AllianceSky Island Alliance has been protecting and restoring the diversity of life and lands in the Sky Island region of the U.S. and Mexico for over 30 years. Barbara's guest is the Executive Director who shares the science, education, and advocacy to connect the binational landscapes, people, and wildlife of the Sky Islands for the benefit of all.Personal Bio ~ Louise Misztal Executive Director - Sky Island Alliance Louise grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado at 8,000 feet and has been in love with mountains ever since. She came to Tucson, to attend college...2023-01-1757 min
America Adapts the Climate Change PodcastThe Majestic Sky Islands in the Desert Southwest – Tales of Adaptation, Border Walls and the elusive JaguarAmerica Adapts joins with the Sky Island Alliance to discover conservation in the desert southwest. Learn about the unique Sky Island ecosystems along the U.S., Mexico border. Hear about the unique biodiversity in the region; how the landscape is adapting to climate change and the negative impacts of the border wall on wildlife and the ecology of the region. You will hear from experts on the challenges facing the Sky Islands and the opportunities and challenges of cross-border conservation. Staff and board members from the Sky Island Alliance will share conservation programs and why they think the region...2021-08-021h 38
The Nonprofit SpotlightSky Island AllianceLouise Misztal, Executive Director of Sky Island Alliance, spoke with KXCI’s Elva De La Torre about the work that the nonprofit does in the Sonoran Desert region of the Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora Mexico.
2021-02-2204 min
The Wilderness and Wellness PodcastTracking Series 07 – Tracking and Wildlife Conservation: US-Mexico Border Wildlife Study with Sky Island AllianceIn this seventh episode of my tracking series I get out in the field with Bryon Lichtenhan of Sky Island Alliance to volunteer doing some work in gathering data for a border wall study that the conservation organization is conducting. In this journalistic style episode we learn from Bryon and the Executive Director of Sky Island Alliance, Louise Misztal, why wildlife migration corridors along the border are important, the threat that the looming border wall poses to these corridors, and how tracking supports SIA’s efforts in collecting data to bolster conservation work towards preserving the area and the mi...2021-02-041h 12