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Portrait of Margaret Melendez

Honor Society® member

Margaret Melendez

Stable Hand at UNH Equine Facilities

  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • Environmnetal Conservation and Sustainability
  • Class of 2025
  • Colchester, Connecticut

Member since January 2021

About

My name is Maggie Melendez and I am an aspiring conservation scientist. I have a wide variety of passions including but not limited to art, woodsmen sports, camping and animal care. I am currently working on my Bachelor's in science for Environmental conservation and hope to pursue additional education in grad-school.

Education

  • University of New Hampshire

    Environmental Conservation and Sustainability

    2021 – 2025

  • Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School

    Visual arts

    2017 – 2021

Honors and awards

  • dean's list 2021

  • dean's list 2022

Goals and interests

Career goal

I want my future career to have me become the person running studies in human impacts on the environment. If my future does not conclude down that path, then I would at least need to be able to fully understand the process to better communicate ecological science for lawmakers or the public. I especially require experience working in the field to further these goals. It would be of great importance to be working within the areas of biodiversity and its link to the natural resources of the Americas.

Graduate school interests

I do have hopes to move on with my college career by gaining a PhD in environmental studies. I would like to conduct research into the inner mechanisms of an environment or a specific plant/ animal species.

Outside the classroom

UNH Woodsmen Team 2022-2023.
In 2022, assited with MANTO (Mapping Ancient Narratives, Territories, and Objects) is an ambitious project to organize and visualize the data of Greek myth in the digital sphere. It is a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational initiative involving researchers and students in Australia and the USA.

Experience

  • Stable Hand

    UNH Equine Facilities

    Feb 2022 – Apr 2022

  • Gate Lead, Resource Assistant

    Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme, CT Seasonal role

    May 2021 – Aug 2022

Volunteering

  • Wildcat Welcome Crew

    University of New Hampshire

    Aug 2022

  • Cat Foster

    Protectors of Animals Shelter

    Dec 2019 – Jan 2023

  • CIT

    Camp Laurel, Girlscouts of Connecticut

    Jun 2019 – Jul 2019

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Intermediate