Barbara
Columbus, OH
I think I have always been green. Since I was a little girl I marveled at everything about nature, clinging to my windowsill to watch the birds build their nests in the tree outside my room and turning over stones in search of toads and snakes. My fingernails were never clean. Despite a short exploration of a career in fine art and design, I ended up studying zoology, which I guess is where I always knew I would end up. The decision to fully devote my life to conservation, however, came while I was working in a research and conservation project with sea turtles in Baja Mexico. Living in that fishing community that quickly became my home, I realized the importance of the human dynamic of conservation, and the need for community based and supported conservation efforts, as well as policies that work and are properly implemented.
