Hi everyone! Thank you so much for visiting my blog. I have been wanting to create a blog as a personal project for a while. I feel that there is a need for space for women to talk and to have a voice in the conservation arena. I am a wildlife biologist from Guatemala and I have experience working in the environmental field, chasing my own professional dreams and struggling with obstacles in a male-dominated environment. I want this to be a space for women in conservation. I want to share my story as a young conservationist and explore how other women are furthering the advancing of this field.
I was born in Guatemala, daughter of an agronomist and a homemaker and sister of two. I discovered that I loved conservation at the young age of 8, when I opened my first science book. I also assisted my dad in his green-house experiments when I was growing up. I always knew that I wanted to contribute to biodiversity conservation and provide a voice for nature. My main interest in biology has been carnivore ecology and one of my best experiences as a professional has been doing radio-telemetry with jaguars in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala.
In this blog I want to talk about what it means to be a woman in the conservation arena. I want to share the difficulties, rewards and opportunities that this implies. I want to share my passion for conservation and share the stories of other women working or supporting conservation activities. I also want to share what it is like to work in a developing country and in a developed nation such as the US.
I hope you tag along with me in this journey as I share my story and the stories of many women fighting for a dream. I appreciate your support and any feedback that you can give me. I would also like to hear what you would like to hear and find in this website.
Thanks!
Lucrecia Myers (Lucy)
