Five Years of Fellows

Our desired outcomes were healthy coastal ecosystems for both people and migratory birds. Our answer was a fellowship program to build local capacity in Latin America, focused on training early-career professionals to develop science-based solutions for restoration and sustainable development.

Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez
Co-Director, Center for Avian Population 
Studies, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

2023

2022

  • Juan Silva

    Sociologist
    CODEFF
    Mouth of the Mataquito River, Chile

  • María Schoenbeck

    Biologist
    CECON, University of San Carlos
    Monterrico-Hawaii Corridor, Guatemala

  • Onil Rodríguez

    Engineer in Socio-economic Development
    CODDEFFAGOLF
    Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras

  • Jorge Parra

    Conservation Biologist
    Wildlife Conservation Society-Colombia
    San Juan River Delta and Ají Island, Colombia

  • Gabriela Contreras

    Veterinarian
    ROC
    Chamiza Marine Wetlands, Chile

  • Victor Ayala

    Ornithologist
    UABCS
    Ensenada de La Paz, México

2021

  • Juanita Fonseca

    Shorebird Ecologist
    Center for Research on Food and Development
    Ensenada de Pabellones, Sinaloa, México

  • Gustavo Diaz

    Urban Designer
    CIAC-PUCP
    Virrilá Estuary, Piura, Perú

  • Ariadna Araúz

    Urban Planner
    Global-Nomad
    Juan Díaz Area, Panama Bay

  • Andreina Pernía

    Architect
    Ramsar Center for the Western Hemisphere
    Parita Bay, Panama

  • Eliana Montenegro

    Conservation Biologist
    Aves y Conservación
    La Segua, Ecuador

  • Marcela Argüello

    Architect
    Desarollos Ecoforestal, S.A.
    San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

2020

  • Flavio Sciaraffia

    Landscape Architect
    Universidad del Desarollo
    Valdivia, Chile

  • Varinia Sagastume

    Biologist
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    Sipacate, Guatemala

  • Medardo Cruz

    Biologist
    UNAM
    Ceuta Bay, Sinaloa Mexico

  • Román Canul

    Civil Engineer
    Conselva Costas y Comunidades, A.C.
    Huizache – Caimanero Wetland Sinaloa, Mexico

  • Laura Ibarra

    Landscape Architect
    Pronatura Noroeste, A.C.
    Ojo de Liebre Wetland Complex, México

  • Manuela Erazo

    Social Anthropologist
    University of Concepción
    Tubul-Raqui Wetland, Chile

2019

Coastal Solutions Fellowship Program

The Coastal Solutions Fellows Program builds and supports an international community to design and implement solutions that address coastal challenges across the Pacific Americas Flyway. Our main goal is to conserve coastal habitats and shorebird populations by building the knowledge, resources, and skills of Latin American professionals, and by fostering collaborations among multiple disciplines and sectors.