Claudio Hernández

Claudio Hernández is from Mexicali, Baja California. He is driven by his desire to contribute his time and knowledge to social and environmental causes. His experience leading educational and social programs focused on… MORE ›

Noah Kaiser

Noah serves as the Program Manager of the US-Mexico Border Growing Water Smart Program at the Sonoran Institute. He has experience in consulting, academia, and non-governmental organizations, through which he has developed expertise… MORE ›

Masiel García

Masiel García has a bachelor’s degree in communications sciences from UVM (Universidad del Valle de México) and a master’s in psychology. She joined Sonoran Institute as part of the Communication Department. She loves… MORE ›

Iliana De Jesus Lozano

Iliana is the Community Involvement Coordinator at Sonoran Institute, where she enjoys building bridges with people. She’s a Sociologist from Puebla, MX with a master’s degree in socioenvironmental Studies from FLACSO Ecuador. Her… MORE ›

Cesar Enrique Felix Anaya

Cesar Enrique Felix Anaya is the Environmental Education Coordinator at Sonoran Institute Mexico. Since high school, his passion for education was awakened when he was a catechism teacher, leading him to a degree… MORE ›

Enrique Villegas

Enrique has a background in public service and private sector work, including roles such as director of Ecology of Mexicali and Secretary of Environmental Protection of the State of Baja California. Enrique holds… MORE ›

Heidi Leon

Heidi is licensed in Business Administration from the University of Baja California where she studied both in the private sector and the government in diverse administrative areas with an emphasis on Human Resources.… MORE ›

Meryl Corbin

Meryl joined the Sonoran Institute in 2022 as the Program Manager of Growing Water Smart projects in Colorado and California. She focuses on workshop facilitation and providing technical assistance for participating communities. She… MORE ›

Eliza Stokes

Eliza joined the Sonoran Institute in 2022 as the Program Manager of Growing Water Smart activities in Arizona, training and assisting communities to ensure that land use planning makes the most strategic and… MORE ›

Melissa Cordero

Melissa Cordero joined Sonoran Institute in October 2022 as Marketing Manager. Melissa has more than 10 years of marketing experience, including creating and managing campaigns, social media marketing, networking, video, graphic design, and content creation.… MORE ›

Alvaro Lucero

Alvaro has worked at Sonoran Institute since mid-2020 as a maintenance technician performing maintenance activities of the office facilities and vehicles, in addition to providing support by performing administrative diligences. In his personal… MORE ›

Ana Lupita Ramírez

Lupita has a degree in Accounting from the Autonomous University of Baja California. She loves working with numbers and has specialized in Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). She is currently a part of the Sonoran Institute… MORE ›

Karla Luna

Karla has a degree in Administrative Computer Systems from the Center for Higher Studies of the State of Sonora. At the beginning of her career, she worked in education for 6 years, but her life took… MORE ›

Raúl Belmont

Raúl is a geographer who graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He specialized in cartography, GIS management, satellite images and GPS. He has developed in different fields of work, so he considers himself… MORE ›

Vania Aguilar

Vania Aguilar studied Physics at the Autonomous University of Baja California, and her interest in the environment led her to study water sciences with a master’s degree at the Scientific Research Center of Yucatan.… MORE ›

Adrián Galindo

Adrián joined the Sonoran Institute in mid-2022 and serves as a nursery security for the Colorado River Delta program, where he supports restoration work with the care and propagation of native riparian species, maintaining irrigation systems,… MORE ›

Felipe Carmona

Felipe joined the Sonoran Institute in mid-2021 and serves as a field assistant in the Colorado River Delta program, where he supports restoration work with the care and propagation of native riparian species,… MORE ›

Galdino Garcia

Galdino joined the Sonoran Institute in mid-2021 and serves as a field assistant in the Colorado River Delta program, where he supports restoration work with the care and propagation of native riparian species,… MORE ›

Bianca Chavez

Bianca joined the Sonoran Institute in February 2022. She is reentering the workforce after taking time to care for her children. Earlier, she worked as legal secretary at the law office of Jacob… MORE ›

Kashja Iler

Kashja joined the Sonoran Institute in October 2021 as the marketing communications intern and as of March 2024 she serves as the marketing coordinator. From the University of Arizona, she has her bachelor’s… MORE ›