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 ›

Vivian Hobbins

Vivian is the Program Manager of the US-MX Border Growing Water Smart Program at Sonoran Institute since December 2022. She graduated with honors from Sonora Technological Institute (ITSON), with bachelor’s degree as a… 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 ›

Madeleine Oliver

Madeleine Oliver started with the Sonoran Institute in April 2022. She is a graduate student pursuing her Master of Science degree in Water, Society, and Policy at the University of Arizona. Madeleine has… 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. Her responsibilities include delivering and managing online content for the organization’s various communications channels as well as assisting the marketing… MORE ›

Alfredo Zavala

Alfredo joined the Sonoran Institute in mid-2014 and serves as a field assistant in the Colorado River Delta program, where he supports restoration work such as caring for and propagating native riparian species,… MORE ›

Mateo Sánchez

Mateo is a Hydrological and Ecological Monitoring Technician, responsible for the collection and analysis of data in monitoring sites. He is a Bioengineer and graduated from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) and… MORE ›

Enrique Rosas

Enrique joined the Sonoran Institute in mid-2017 and serves as a field assistant in the Colorado River Delta program, where he supports restoration work such as clearing, collection and production of native riparian… MORE ›