Dr. Erim Gómez will share how he has navigated college as a first-gen student, POC, and a career in conservation, all while struggling with learning disabilities. Dr. Gomez graduated from SOU with a B.S. in Environmental Studies in 2007. While at SOU, Dr. Gomez was a McNair Scholar and worked for ECOS, where he helped to establish SOU’s first Green Tag Fee to support campus sustainability initiatives. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in Natural Resource Sciences from Washington State University (2020) and is now Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana.

🌍This offering is part of Earth Month at SOU, a series of events, activities, and programming for the SOU community throughout the month of April! For a complete list of offerings, visit the Earth Month at SOU homepage at https://sustainability.sou.edu/sou-earth-month-2021/. 🌍