At Ecotrust, I am the Indigenous Storytelling and Engagement Fellow, where I support the Indigenous Leadership Program to plan and execute the Indigenous Leadership Awards ceremony. I have a deep interested in elevating Indigenous voices and communities and serve partially on the Communications Team to create content for our social media channels and blog. Before coming to Ecotrust, I wrote for High Country News, an editorial magazine dedicated to covering the West in all its complexity. I served as a staff writer on the Indigenous Affairs desk covering issues pertaining to environmental justice and indigenous sovereignty.
On our blog, Jessica writes about Sustainable Northwest winning significant funding on a proposal to build the Climate Smart Wood Economy. Ecotrust joins a group of nonprofit and tribal partners in the Pacific Northwest on this effort.
Bringing together partners with from economic, natural resource management, research, and education backgrounds to address urban and community tribal forestry workforce needs