USDA NRCT Puerto Rico

Last Friday, May 30, we kicked off the 3rd School of Ethnography, Community, and Environment 🌿📚 From powerful discussions on environmental justice and participatory research to connecting with coastal communities 🐟🌊 — it was a day full of learning, reflection, and collaboration across the Americas 🌎✨

We had the honor of learning from incredible scholars:
Dr. Alejandro Torres Abreu (UPR Humacao), Dr. Denisse Roca-Servat (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), Dr. Manuel Valdés Pizzini (UPR Mayagüez), Larissa González Nieves, Dr. María L. Cruz Torres (Arizona State University), Dr. Samiri Hernández Hiraldo (Florida A&M University), and Dr. Miguel H. Del Pozo Santos (UPR Ponce) 🧠🙌

Stay tuned for more content from our school coming soon! 📸👀

Research in action ✨ Our members, Aliana and Maria, are hard at work in the lab. Here, Maria is skillfully using a chromatography column ⚗️ to separate and study the components of an organic sample with precision. We love seeing our team dive deep into hands-on science! 🧪

Our USDA NRCT members representing at the ACS Conference!
From workshops to inspiring talks, they’ve been diving into every opportunity to learn, connect, and grow as future leaders in STEM. ✨🌿

Aliana G. and María M. guiding high school students on plant research and why they should choose the Natural Sciences Department! 🌱📚✨