Persephone Lewis

GFI Fellow - Class of 2022

Graduate student, education studies
UC San Diego

DESCRIPTION

2022-23 GFI student fellow

Persephone’s project fuses traditional Shoshone knowledge with western scientific data to examine the impacts of climate change on the plants and animals that serve as traditional food sources for the Western Shoshone people. The goal is to use the finding to better understand impacts of the climate crisis on Land-based education efforts that sustain and revitalize connections with Land and culture.