Griselda Landa-Posas
MS Student
Colorado State University
Bio:
Griselda Landa-Posas is a wildlife biologist, ecologist, and graduate researcher currently completing her M.S. at Colorado State University. Her work centers on ecological restoration along riparian corridors, guided by Indigenous Ecological Knowledges and grounded in long-term, trust-based partnerships with Tribal and Indigenous communities.
She earned her B.S. degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology along with a minor in Ethnic Studies. Prior to returning to school for her M.S. degree, Griselda has worked for the National Park Service in Alaska and Florida. Additionally, she has worked for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Oregon and for Environment for the Americas, a non-profit based in Boulder, CO. Most recently she served as a Water & Land Steward with Colorado Open Lands.
Her interests as a scholar include Ecological Restoration and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge which aligns well with CSU’s Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab.
Griselda’s parents are from the southernmost migration route of the Monarch butterflies in rural Michoacán, Mexico, where she spent a lot of her time as a child. Her family is partially descendent from the Purépecha people which is where her passion for working with Indigenous communities stems from and another reason she felt her background aligned well with the Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab.
