![Dr. Kassandra Ford](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1650466586556-1SM5PZHXOC6KEF8YE71B/Kassandra-Ford-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Dr. Kassandra Ford
Dr. Kassandra Ford is a postdoctoral researcher who studies the evolution of electric fishes from South America and Africa. She is also an avid birder.
![Dr. Mamie Parker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1650376619968-5KFEX61H5AUYUZLTGZV2/Mamie-Parker-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Dr. Mamie Parker
Dr. Mamie Parker has been a professional fish and wildlife biologist whose conservation work has protected various fish, birds, and other wildlife species.
![Brianna Amingwa](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1647469403162-PNAZYHGMMX9Q550NN82G/Brianna-Amingwa-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Brianna Amingwa
Brianna Amingwa is an avid birder and the education supervisor at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, the first urban wildlife refuge in the U.S.
![Tolga Aktas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1644955785246-LZ70KJV2LZDQ6F6ZWONL/Tolga-Aktas-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Tolga Aktas
Tolga Aktas is a conservation biologist, environmental photojournalist, and writer whose primary interests are wildlife biology, ecology, rewilding, and conservation.
![Danielle Belleny](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1646007256964-DFS2MD5TGV46R4812YEB/Danielle-Belleny-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Danielle Belleny
Danielle Belleny is a wildlife biologist who co-organized the first annual #BlackBirdersWeek to highlight the efforts of black wildlife enthusiasts and amplify black birders.
![Alex Troutman](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1645635580075-PICG0NTU8MQYY3QZTT96/Alex-Troutman-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Alex Troutman
Alex Troutman is a wildlife biologist and birder who has worked with endangered species and encourages future generations to pursue a career in biology.
![Corina Newsome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1654783813247-9O6B2BZ2DCWFJAKG59CB/Corina-Newsome-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Corina Newsome
Corina Newsome is a wildlife conservationist who connects people with nature through birds and communicates ways humans can help conserve them.
![Nicole Jackson](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea9ca072e0ac350086db733/1644509275332-JUVRYB5H52FT4UM93KM3/Nicole-Jackson-portrait_unique-coloring.jpg)
Nicole Jackson
Nicole Jackson is a lover of nature and the outdoors and sees bird watching as a means of connecting with self and community. She is one of the co-organizers of #BlackBirdersWeek.