Youth outreach and mentorship - Building diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the natural sciences starts outside the Academy 

2023 Program Director, Kids into Discovering Science

Proposal Reviewer, Caring for our Watersheds - Center for Land Based Learning

Mentor, Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS)

Panelist, Snap the Gap

Facilitator, Science Fairs and Festivals, including the Virginia Science Festival and the SEEDS Spring Festival

University DEI Service - Communities must continually work together to build and maintain spaces that welcome and support all 

Co-chair, UC Davis Ecology Diversity Committee Outreach Program

Member, UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology DEI Task Force

Undergraduate mentorship - Effective mentorship is built upon mutual respect, empathy, and trust

Mentor at UC Davis for undergraduate researchers, including senior theses

Career mentor, UC Davis Chapter of MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences)

Professional development:

• Field Safety trainings, including specific training to protect and support minority researchers, i.e. Safer Science

• UndocuAdvocate Program for Educators

MJ Farruggia Mary Jade Farruggia ecologist scientist research