Introducing Co-Author & Magazine Inter, Susana Rinderle

Susana Rinderle, MA, PCC, is part of the team that created this inaugural issue of the Research Magazine. In partnership with Samantha Young, Anza-Borrego Foundation (ABF) Education Manager, Susana served as writer, researcher and thought partner to bring the important science happening in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to life and your inbox! In June, she completed her certification as a California Naturalist through the University of California and volunteered with ABF to create the Magazine for her capstone project.

Professionally, Susana is a writer, transformational life and leadership coach and trauma-informed resilience practitioner. She and her team also bring efficiency, effectiveness and equity to conservation and green organizations through E3 Solutions. After nearly 30 years working in the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and leadership development fields across the U.S. and abroad, she's seeking new ways to help create a world that works better for more of us by expanding the "us” beyond the human species. A native of the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles, she has also called Guadalajara (Mexico), northern California, and New Mexico home. A self-described “bird nerd” and “desert rat” she considers Anza-Borrego one of her favorite places in the United States.

Susana has long felt deeply connected to and intrigued by wild places and wild species, from exploring her backyard and nearby canyons as a child to living in a tent working as a farm apprentice in New Mexico to hiking and backpacking in various geographies and climates. She trained as a raptor rescuer and educator in New Mexico and has volunteered as a raptor field monitor for the Griffith Park Raptor Survey for five years. She has volunteered with Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy and worked with wolves at Apex Protection Project. She is a member of the Monterey Road Eco-Community Gardens where she lives in Glendale, California, and engaged in urban farming at her home in Albuquerque.

If you would like to reach Susana, visit her professional website, or contact her at susana@susanarinderle.com.