Allegra enjoys working in all aspects of conservation and land use. She has 12 seasons working on various trail crews throughout the US as well as wildland fire, recreation and visitor information services with the Forest Service. Allegra’s life’s mission is to preserve and protect lands for future generations. Her favorite activity is thru-hiking a long distance trail and her appreciation for public lands grows every time.

On May 6, the MANO Project hosted their second virtual Cafecito. A Cafecito is MANO’s way of bridging our intern community.

As a recent college graduate and an emerging professional, a health pandemic has made it really hard to be a working professional.

Moving

Throughout my life I have had the opportunity to live in different cities.

One of the most common ice breakers I have come across is, “please describe yourself in three words.”

In these two months at the Department of Interior, it has been such a pleasure to discuss with field staff the work that the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program rolls out nationally.

I’ve been at my fellowship with the Tennessee RiverLine for just at 6 weeks now, 4 of which have been under the COVID-19 safer at home order in Knoxville, TN.

Picture this: you finally get the chance to work in our nation’s capital.

When I first came across the post about a fellowship position with the National Park Service, I was unsure. Having had most of my work be out in the field, I hadn’t had very much project management experience.

I’m about a month into my fellowship with NPS RTCA in Austin, TX and things are going great! We have some really cool projects all over the state that I am excited to contribute to.