Yara Nicté Herrarte

Yara is a first-generation plant ecology graduate and wholehearted naturalist with a background deeply rooted in botany, California native plant conservation, pollination ecology, and ecological land stewardship. She is dedicated to tending+defending the native lands, gardening native food forests, cultivating native pollinator habitats, identifying native plants & pollinators, and advocating for the conservation of biodiversity. Yara's lifelong love+mission is to continue learning about their shared natural landscapes, sharing the importance and their obligation to protect these precious ecosystems with the community.