Saludos! My name is Carlos Hinojosa, a senior at Virginia Tech studying Wildlife Conservation and Animal & Poultry Sciences. As an American-born Latino from Mexico and Guatemala, I am excited to serve as your Interim Chair. I established this working group to uplift Latin American and Caribbean conservationists, enhance communication among researchers and foster representation.
I am a member of several TWS groups, including the Student Development Working Group (2023 Trailblazer Grant recipient); Native Peoples’ Wildlife Management Working Group; Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Awareness Working Group; and the Virginia and Maryland-Delaware Chapters. At Virginia Tech, I served on our Student Chapter, gained experience in student/community engagement, university policy and have experience serving the Latin American and Indigenous communities.
Some projects I have worked on previously include Black Bear Foraging Ecology in Virginia with the WHAPA Lab, Vampire Bat and Rabies Distribution in the Colombian Andes with the Laboratory of Disease Ecology & Biogeography, and as a research technician for the USGS Eastern Ecological Center’s North American Breeding Bird Survey. I am so excited to see my idea come to life with this working group and am excited to work with you!
