EYE ON THE RAINFOREST - Key Persons


Alejandro Cubiñá

Job Titles:
  • Ecologist & Native Tree Producer, Reforesta, Inc

Carmen Haddys Torres

Carmen Haddys Torres has been an educator for more than forty years. Graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education, she has implemented diverse strategies in the field of Human Development and Psychology.

Dr. Amelia Merced

Job Titles:
  • Bryophyte Specialist

Dr. Eugenio Santiago

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Botanist, University of Puerto Rico

Dr. James Ackerman

Job Titles:
  • Tropical Ecologist, Taxonomist & Botanist

Ingrid Datica

Job Titles:
  • Special Projects

JAN PAUL ZEGARRA


JESS ZIMMERMAN

Job Titles:
  • Lead Principal Investigator - Luquillo Long - Term Ecological / Research

Magha Garcia Medina

Magha Garcia Medina is an eco-farmer and environmental activist in Puerto Rico. She is a member of the National Coordination Team of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico, a grassroots group of farmers and allies who advocate for agroecology and are members of the Latin American/Caribbean Chapter (CLOC) of La Via Campesina. Magha also challenges agribusiness with the group Nada Santo Sobre Monsanto, a collective of multiple organizations, representatives of civil society that have come together to defend the right to healthy food, free of transgenics and protect the environment.

NICHOLAS BROKAW

Job Titles:
  • Professor ( Retired ) - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

Omar Collazo

Job Titles:
  • Special Projects

Steve M. Silvestrini

Job Titles:
  • Resident Botanist

THRITY J. VAKIL

Job Titles:
  • Project Director - Tropic Ventures Research & Education