Hello, my name is Leilani Rose Duarte, and I am a 2022-23 NRCA Difference Maker Mentor (DMM). I’m a senior at UConn majoring in Natural Resources (NRE) with a concentration in Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and minor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). I intend on entering graduate school after I graduate to further […]
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DMM Passion Projects: User Guide For Installing Wildlife Camera Traps
Continuing the saga of DMM Passion Projects, I chose to put together a user guide document for installing wildlife camera traps. My interest for this project began when one of my teams in the Conservation Training Partnership program chose to capture pictures of the wildlife species at Roaring Brook Falls park in Cheshire. The […]
DMM Passion Projects: Meg’s Environmental Justice Focus
Aside from mentoring Conservation Training Partnership (CTP) participants and carrying out community conservation projects, our Difference Maker Mentors take on passion projects on the side throughout the year. Currently, our Difference Maker Mentor Meg is working on creating a project template that is centered around environmental justice for future programs. During previous years, we have […]
Meet our Graduate Mentor Ankit K Singh!
Hey there! My name is Ankit K Singh (he/him/his), and I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut. I have worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA) for almost two years, working as a Graduate Mentor in the CAP and CTP programs. I am most passionate about teaching […]
Introducing Difference Maker Mentor: Celine Sefakor Agbotey
Hey there! My name is Celine Sefakor Agbotey. I am a junior at UConn with a major in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science, as well as a member of the Conservation Training Program as a Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA) Difference Maker Mentor (DMM) this year. My interests include analytical science and […]
Introducing Difference Maker Mentor Caitlin Daddona!
Hello! My name is Caitlin Daddona (she/her/hers), I am a rising senior studying Environmental Science with a minor in Sociology here at the University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs, Connecticut (CT). This year, I am also a NRCA (Natural Resources Conservation Academy) Difference Maker Mentor and so excited to get started! Connecting many of my […]
Introducing Difference Maker Mentor Michio Agresta!
My name is Michio Agresta and I am a rising senior Natural Resources and the Environment major with minors in Human Rights and Spanish. My family is from Burlington, CT, and I grew up hiking and mountain biking in the 160 miles of trails located across the town. My academic interests are heavily involved […]
Introducing our 2021 Difference Maker Mentors: Meg Sanders!
We would like to start off the 2021 school year by introducing one of our four Difference Maker Mentors, Margaret (Meg) Sanders! Meg is a senior at UConn studying natural resources with a concentration in environmental sustainability and conservation, and a minor in human rights. Meg has worked at the NRCA for almost two years […]
Meet Sydney, our new NRCA Intern
Hello all! My name is Sydney Collins, and I am excited to announce my partnership with UConn Extension as a NRCA Intern for the Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA) in Summer 2020. More about me, I am a rising sophomore at the University of Connecticut studying Environmental Science with a keen interest in Urban and […]
Meet Meg, our new Environmental Education Intern
Hello everyone, my name is Meg Sanders, and I am a UConn Extension Environmental Education intern with the Natural Resources Conservation Academy for summer 2020. A little bit about myself, I am a sophomore at UConn studying environmental science with a minor in communication. I was an intern with UConn Extension during the summer of […]