I am a recent graduate of the Master’s Program at the School of Environmental Science and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, specializing in Ecosystem Science and Management. I have researched thermal temperature effects, pollinator foraging activity, animal behavior, and agroecological systems across Colombia and Puerto Rico. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Universidad Militar de Nueva Granada on an interdisciplinary agroecology and engineering project in Colombia. This partnership developed an automatic monitoring system for bumblebees. Most recently, I collaborated with the nonprofit Instituto para la Investigación y Acción en Agroecología de Puerto Rico, advised by Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer. Through my Master’s program, my capstone project focused on mapping the distribution of natural enemies in coffee agroecosystems by using ArcGIS and evaluating the natural enemies suppressive effects on major coffee pests. As a Colombian-American, I aim to integrate my work with Latinoamérica and support agroecological research by uniting my passions for justice through integrating social and ecological pillars to promote autonomy from synthetic input. I plan to pursue my PhD in agroecology related to species interactions in my path to becoming an Ecological Researcher.