1. What do you study related to biodiversity (what are your research questions, what organisms do you work on)?
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 My research is on community-based involvement in conservation; attitudes towards environment, and human ecology.
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2. How do you study biodiversity (for example, what technological tools and methodologies do you use in your research)?
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I use ethnographic research methodologies and carry out social asset mapping.
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3. Where do you study biodiversity?
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In Latin America and Chicago.
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4. How might your research have implications for biological conservation?
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It provides more effective strategies for local conservation actions and stewardship.
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5. How did you become interested in science? What made you want to be a scientist, and how did you get to The Field Museum?
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 Through long-term exposure to science from my family. Also, I studied anthropology in college and became interested in indigenous peoples of South and Central America and how they were coping with massive environmental change. I came to The Field Museum because of the Museum’s interest in more directed or applied research and the interface between anthropology and other research areas.
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6. Describe important collaborations for your scientific endeavors (describe your work with other researchers, organizations, or scientific groups, local or indigenous peoples, etc.)
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I work closely with Environmental and Conservation Programs to develop new ways to engage local communities in conservation action and to develop new tools, such as social asset mapping, for effective collaboration. |
