Field Notes
Martha McKee
January 23, 2023Pronouns: She/Her/Ella I’m honored to serve as a member of the Sky Island Alliance board and am looking forward to supporting the organization’s conservation and scientific mission. I worked as…
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Denise Moreno Ramírez
January 13, 2023Pronouns: She/Her/Ella I am originally from Ambos Nogales (the sister cities of Nogales) and have deep ties in the desert Southwest. Growing up in the Sky Island region inspired me…
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Jimmy Gribbin
September 12, 2022Pronouns: He/Him/Él Jimmy Gribbin, our Field Coordinator, started with Sky Island Alliance in September 2022 to recruit and organize volunteers for our conservation programs. He also helps handle field equipment…
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McKenna Carter
July 6, 2022Pronouns: She/Her My name is McKenna Carter. I’m 23 years old and a recent graduate from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments within…
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Sergio Müller
June 1, 2022Pronouns: He/Him/Él Sergio comes to Sky Island Alliance to support the organization’s objectives in Mexico while creating connections among stakeholders and decision-makers. He’s a computer engineer by trade but has…
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Mónica Montaño Montaño
May 31, 2022Pronouns: She/Her/Ella Monica joined Sky Island Alliance in 2021 as a summer intern and first started working with us on our wildlife-camera projects. In her current role, she is our…
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Christian Aguilar Murrieta
May 10, 2022Pronouns: She/Her/Ella I was born and raised in Baja California, Mexico, where I developed a deep interest in exploring the rural communities of the Sonoran Desert and gained a great…
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Rick Mick
April 25, 2022Pronouns: He/Him Rick joined our team in April 2022 after years of volunteering with Sky Island Alliance on weekend camping trips and springs assessments. He coordinates our emails, actions alerts,…
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Michael Van Alsburg
February 23, 2022Pronouns: He/Him/Él I am a Tucson attorney with a wide variety of clients including those with land use, natural resources, environmental, and water law issues. Having grown up in Southern…
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Rosalyn Jackson
February 18, 2022My name is Rosalyn Jackson and I am Laguna Pueblo and (Fort-Yuma) Kwatsan. I’m also of Middle Eastern-Iraqi (Arabic) descent, from my father’s side of the family. I was born…
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