Jessica Hernandez
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    • Indigenizing Conservation in a Changing Climate
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Dr. Jessica Hernandez is a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. She has an interdisciplinary academic background ranging from marine sciences to forestry. Her work is grounded on her Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing. She advocates for food, climate, and environmental justice through her scientific and community work and strongly believes that Indigenous sciences can heal our Indigenous lands. In 2020, she became the first alumni from her high school in South Central Los Angeles to receive a doctoral degree. She is the founder of Piña Soul, SPC, an environmental consulting & artesanias hybrid business supports Black & Indigenous-led conservation and environmental projects through community mutual aids and micro-grants. She is currently a National Science Foundation-funded postdoctoral fellow working on the nexus of Energy & Equity (energy justice) at the University of Washington, Bothell. ​Her book, Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science, is forthcoming this Spring '22.
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Indigenizing Environmental Justice: Case Studies from the Pacific Northwest
Environmental Curriculum Supplement for The Whale Child by Keith Egawa and Chenoa Egawa (published in the book)
Weaving Indigenous Sciences into Ecological Research: Culturally Grounding our Indigenous Scholarship.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Environmental Justice, and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Chapter Contribution: The Medicine Wheel: Environmental Decision-making Process of Indigenous Peoples. 
The Future of Research Is Indigenous: Culturally Grounding Our Indigenous Scholarship

Indigenizing Restoration and Conservation at Discovery Park.

Upcoming Book (Spring '22) : Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
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  • HOME
  • Projects & Research
    • Energy & Equity
    • Indigenizing Restoration in Urban Parks
    • Environmental Justice in the PNW
    • Piña Soul, SPC
    • Podcast >
      • Indigenizing Urban Seattle Podcast
  • CV
  • Teaching
    • Indigenizing Conservation in a Changing Climate
    • Decolonizing the Environmental Discourse
  • Books
    • Fresh Banana Leaves
    • Contributing Chapters
  • Leadership & Service