Current Graduate Students (Environment & Community, M.A)

Julia Dunn

Pronouns: they/she. Hometown: Mount Vernon, NY. Undergrad: Bates College, Environmental Studies and Teacher Certification Program

Area of Interest: Restorative Justice, Restoration Ecology, Disability Justice, Ocean Stewardship

Magee Headley

Pronouns: they/them. Hometown: Denver, CO. Undergrad: Metropolitan State University of Denver, Biology.

Area of Interest: Plant Ecology, Land Stewardship, TEK, Community Organizing, Food Justice & Farming, Building Relationships 

Alyssa Ledesma Araiza

Pronouns: she/her. Hometown: Riverside, CA. Undergrad: University of California, Riverside , Sustainability Studies.

Area of Interest:  Climate Justice, Community Resilience, Sustainable Natural Resource Management, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Environmental Education

Sierra Letvinchuck

Pronouns: they/them. Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, B.A. Environmental Studies, (Expected Completion: Fall 2026), A.A.  Santa Rosa Junior College, Environmental Studies, A.S.  Santa Rosa Junior College, Natural Sciences.

Area of Interest: Regenerative Agriculture, Community Support, Ecosystem Restoration, & Creative Collaborations.

Tori McConnell

Hometown: Eureka, CA. Undergrad: Bachelor of Arts in Native American Studies from University of California, Davis.

Area of Interest: Revitalization of Traditional Indigenous Tattooing Methods

Jacqueline Morales

Pronouns: she/her. Hometown: Forest Grove, OR. Undergrad: Texas State University, Biology. Minor: Theater. Boise State University, AS in Health Science.

Area of Interest: environmental justice and human/environment relationships.

Annette Moulay

Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, Environmental Studies (Expected).

Area of Interest: Social Ecology, Food Sovereignty, Global Indigenous Justice, Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Meridith Oram

Pronouns: she/her. Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ. Undergrad: Penn State University, BS in Nutrition and BS in Spanish; Middlebury College, BA in Spanish. 

Area of Interest: Exploring roles for white settlers to support the decolonization and indigenization of systems and spaces

Tatiana Patino Madriaga

Pronouns: She/her.  Undergrad: B.A. in Environmental Studies (emphasis in Appropriate Technology) Cal Poly Humboldt

Area of Interest: food sovereignty, school gardens, and community-based education, decolonization

Armando Pena

Hometown: South Central Los Angeles. Undergrad: Humboldt State University, B.A. in Ethnic Studies.

Area of Interest: Justice, Community Power, Indigenous Sovereignty, Human Liberation and Neuro-Decolonization

Francesca Robello

Pronouns: she/her. Hometown: San Rafael, CA. Undergraduate degree and institution: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, minor in Environmental Studies from Seattle University. Areas of Interest: CA Native culture revitalization, CA Native eco-cultural revitalization, decolonizing archival research.

Cecilia Rodriguez

Pronouns: she/they. Hometown: Central Arizona (moved around a lot)

Area of Interest: necropolitics, death studies, feminist political ecologies 

Melitta Rojas-Jackson

Pronouns: She/Her. Hometown: Mckinleyville, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, B.A. Art Studio with emphasis in Graphic Design, Minor in Art History, Certificate in Museum and Gallery Studies

Area of Interest: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Ethnobotany, Human/Plant Relationships, Food Sovereignty

Lake Christine Schulke

Pronouns: she/her. Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska. Undergrad: DePaul University, Public Relations.

Area of Interest: Sustainable agriculture, regenerative ag, cannabis sustainability

Cody Stapley

Pronouns: he/him. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt. Native American Studies. 

Area of Interest: Walking. Federal Indian Law. Tribal Healing and Wellness Courts. ICWA. 

Juli Suzukawa

Pronouns: he/they. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, B.S. Wildlife (Management  & Conservation).

Area of Interest: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous storytelling, decolonizing methodologies, wildlife conservation

Marjie Wolfe

Pronouns: she/they. Hometown: Elk Grove, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt.

Area of Interest: Invitation in community engagement, environmental impacts of capitalism, dismantling heteropatriarchy