Juan Francisco Garcia R.
President / Founding Member

Originally from Mexico City, Juan is a part of the Generation of ’68 and a long-time activist.  He has been living in San Blas, Nayarit since 1970, working on social and environmental causes. In 1998 he and some other local activists founded Grupo Ecólogico Manglar A.C. (Mangrove Ecology Group) where Juan is currently the Secretary. Grupo Ecológico Manglar is a non-governmental organization that  promotes the protection of natural resources in the region through community organizing of people directly dependent on natural resources, especially fishermen, rural workers, women and youth groups. Juan has created a cottage industry of banana bread that today supports a number of people in the region. Owning his own business allows him to devote much of his time to social and environmental causes.

ecomanglar@yahoo.com

Laura Martínez Río Del Río
Treasurer / Founding Member

Laura is a founding member and current Director of Pro-Esteros, a nongovernmental nonprofit organization that provides support to grassroots groups and advice to numerous NGOs in the State of Baja California. Pro Esteros is highly regarded for its commitment to conservation and community organizing. Laura's work focuses on promoting environmental education, particularly with high school students.  She also participates as a major leader for the movement of Alcosta, an alliance of organizations that promotes coastal protection and conservation of natural resources at both the regional and national level.  

proesteros@gmail.com

Sandra Guido S.
Secretary / Founding Member

Sandra holds a Masters Degree in Oceanography at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE). She also works in the area of environmental education at the Aquaculture and Environmental Research Center for Food and Development, AC (ICDA) in the city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa. Sandra develops environmental education programs on the marine and coastal environment, as well as programs for primary schools. She is the coordinator of the Network of Environmental Educators in the state of Sinaloa, a nongovernmental organization that works towards creating a sustainable society through education.  She also heads the regional sustainable development agenda and environmental education at the Museum of Natural History Estero del Yugo.  

sandra.guido@gmail.com

Artemisa Castro Félix
Founding Member

Artemisa holds a PhD in Marine Sciences and is the founder and Executive Director of Natural Systems and Development, AC (SINADES), a local nonprofit that has initiated socio-environmental projects in the states of Nayarit and Baja California Sur. SINADES combines research and action to obtain reliable information for rural communities interested in sustainable development.

artemisacf@fasol-ac.org

Maryló Mandujano Herrera
Vocal / Founding Member

Maryló is a marine biologist with a degree in environmental education from the Ecological Research Institute in Malaga, Spain. She currently works for Natural Systems and Development, AC (SINADES), a non-profit, in Pescadero, Baja California Sur. Maryló is the coordinator of environmental education programs for SINADES, and her work focuses on the promotion profound changes in behavior that encourage the protection and conservation of natural resources among the inhabitants of rural coastal communities in the State of Baja California Sur.

marylomh@fasol-ac.org