Pronouns
he/him
Undergraduate Institution
Arizona State University
Organization
Joshua Tree National Park
Position
Vegetation Technician
Current Location
Dallas, Oregon
Hometown
Tempe, AZ
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Personal Interests
- Hiking
- Reading
- Politics
- Deserts
- Cinema
- gardening
- boarder abolition
- trains
- art deco
- ethnobotany
Professional Interests
- Conservation
- Land Stewardship
- Natural Resource Management
- Social/Environmental Justice and Equity
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Water Quality or Watershed Management
Strengths
- Analytical
My name is Gabriel Leon, and I have a fiery passion for the Desert Southwest. As a fourth-generation resident of Arizona-Sonora Borderlands, I carry with me a deep passion for both the people I sit next to on the bus, and the land on which I stand. I live and breathe the Sonoran Desert, and it is the sunsets every evening, and the monsoon storms each summer that keep me determined to fight for the environmental future of the Southwest and her peoples.
In my free time I enjoy hiking looking for birds and plants, volunteering in my community and my region, learning Spanish, road tripping, writing poetry, and occasionally some new hobby I try out for a week or so.