Jaime Lara (he/they) is a 5th-year undergraduate majoring in Wildlife Conservation and Management with a minor in Native American Studies. A queer individual of Apache, Yaqui, and Cherokee descent, Jaime grew up in southern California and was drawn to Humboldt for its renowned Wildlife program and became deeply inspired by the resilience of the local Indigenous communities, which motivated them to reconnect with their own ancestral heritage and embrace cultural healing. In 2024, Jaime became the Student Site Manager for Wiyot Plaza, working with the Rou Dalargar Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Institute. Passionate about wildlife, agricultural and food systems, as well as community-building, Jaime aspires to be an androgynous ecologist, working alongside tribal, Hispanic, LGBTQ+, and other marginalized groups, with an awareness of the complexities between Indigenous and Western science.