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I am a current PhD Student in Special Education at UNC Chapel Hill. My primary research interest lies in increasing access and inclusion to nonformal science education environments, especially zoos, for individuals with autism and other disabilities.

Hello! I'm Lisa. I reside in Michigan and work for a large nonprofit, TrueNorth Community Services. I have the privilege of overseeing our Parks in Focus, outdoor education program. I love engaging youth in the outdoors and see their excitement as they become comfortable in new settings.

Corina (Cori) E. Rendón attended undergraduate and graduate programs at the State University of New York: Environmental Science and Forestry and Teton Science Schools, respectively, where she studied environmental education and place-based educaton. Cori pursued this career after growing up volunteering at a local environmental science center in her hometown on the Tex-Mex border. When she's not exploring the wonders of the Pacific Northwest you can find Cori trying out a new recipe in her kitchen.

About Cori's ee360 Community Action Project

Together with community organizations, the Siuslaw National Forest is building a community engagement program that aims to provide historically underserved communities access and information to/about public lands. Cori, the Public Affairs Specialist for the Forest, works with long-standing, local, community partners to provide free transportation to public lands with culturally relevant education and gear for participants to facilitate positive, safe experiences on public lands. Cori hopes her participation in the ee360 Fellowship will give her tools to incorporate community perspective into programming and deepen her work in community engagement.