ABOUT US: Student Research Assistants (2022-23)

Undergraduate Research Assistant: Cassandra May

Tribal Affiliation: Yurok, Wailaki is a Sociology major and Native American Studies: Culture & Community minor. They joined the lab Fall of 2022 and shares responsibility for promoting the lab's work and mission through social media and event planning As well as engaging in gathering and processing traditional plants for the community. They assisted with leading the lab's NAS course Fall of 2022 and currently working on the Wiyot Food Boxes project

Undergraduate Research Assistant: Cory Kragness is an Environmental Science & Management, Ecological Restoration Major and Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resource Use & the Environment Minor from central Minnesota They joined the lab in Fall 2022 and share responsibility in programming the Fall Film Series and upcoming speaker events. They assisted in creating this issue of our bi-annual report and website update as well as volunteer support for the Indigenous Garden.

Graduate Research Assistant: Kalani Ortiz is a master's student in the Cuevas-Uribe Aquaculture Lab in under the Fisheries Biology Department where she is researching open-water seaweed farming and cultivating native bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) in Wigi (Humboldt Bay). She joined the lab in Fall of 2022 and has been contributing to the lab's mission through outreach events and project planning. She has assisted the lab's development team on the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF) report to secure funding opportunities for annual events such as the Indigenous Foods Festival.