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Yaxeny Lopez Highlight
Every journey for every person is different.
About Yaxeny
- I left Honduras at age 16 with a dream to give my family a better life and became a role model for my younger sisters.
- My mom pushed me to apply for a scholarship I thought was impossible, and I ended up studying high school in Singapore.
- I arrived in Singapore not knowing English and had to teach myself the language through trial, error, and a lot of courage.
- A week in the Malaysian rainforest opened my eyes to conservation—I watched turtles hatch and ecosystems thrive or suffer.
- At The College of Idaho, I chose environmental studies to understand our place in nature.
- Working at an urban wildlife refuge, I tracked endangered birds, cleared trails, and helped people fall in love with nature.
- I’ve found power in being a Latina in conservation, seeing how my presence creates space for others to imagine themselves there too.