Cecilia Rodriguez,

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

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

Sangeeta Sarkar, 2025

Thesis:

“Thanks for the [land] acknowledgement, now what?”: Settler histories and decolonial futures at Cal Poly Humboldt’s Schatz Tree Farm

Hometown: Leonardtown, MD. Undergrad: BSE in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Area of Interest: collaborative natural resource stewardship

Chelsea Rios Gomez, 2025

Thesis:

Campesino world-building: stories of migration, memory, and care in the tension of the colonial frame

Hometown: (so called) Pixley, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. 

Area of Interest: traditional ecological knowledge, Mexican and Central American migration, critical race theory, social justice

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

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

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

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