Bird Population Changes in El Salvador
Kala Wolfe (MEM '09) works with SalvaNATURA to monitor bird population changes in different habitats, including a coffee plantation.
Interview with Karla Lara: El Salvador native studying biology and working in San Salvador
Karla Lara is a Salvadoran biology student at the National University of El Salvador working on her undergraduate thesis entitled, “ Comparison of the amphibians and reptiles diversity in the two sectors of the Natural Protected Area of Normandia and in the agricultural zone near the area, Usulutan Department, El Salvador“.
Living in San Salvador: no car, no Spanish, but good friends
Before coming to El Salvador, I had never taken even one day of Spanish classes. I didn’t even know that I was coming here until spring break. I had always studied French in preparation for conservation work in a place like Cameroon or Rwanda. But as life has its many twists and turns, I ended up here (and I’m very glad I did).
Be ready for change……deciding on a project: Flexibility is key!
My first two weeks here in the SalvaNATURA office were full of introductions and awkward, ‘do I know you?’ moments, which were made more fun by my inability to speak to the majority of the staff due to my inability to speak Spanish. Although, it definitely helped me to quickly learn the most important formal greeting phrases!
Finding SalvaNATURA: How did I get here…….good question.
So if you are reading this you are probably interested in what made me decide to work in Central America, how I discovered my host organization, SalvaNATURA; how I made my contacts; and very importantly how I got the funding to get here, right? ...
