Engaging Hispanics and Latinos on Your River

River Management Roundtable
Oct. 10 | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our panel of Hispanic river managers! We hope you'll leave with a greater appreciation for Hispanic culture related to rivers and perhaps with some strategies that you might use to better welcome Hispanic populations to your rivers and work teams.

Panelists

	Marta de la Garza Newkirk is a Community Planner in the Texas Field Office of the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) of the National Park Service (NPS). Marta joined RTCA while in graduate school.  Her first project was a binational heritage project, facilitated by the NPS, a partnership between the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and Coahuila. Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Marta is intimately familiar with the culture of the U. S. Mexican border. Prior to joining RTCA, Marta worked for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and taught English as a second language. Marta received her Bachelor of Finance and her Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin.  She established the Texas office of the RTCA program in 1995 and has enjoyed managing diverse recreation, conservation, and quality-of-life projects all over the state. She has also enjoyed working collaboratively with her RTCA colleagues on projects in the Intermountain Region and throughout the U.S.
	Ruby Gonzalez, USDA Forest Service
	Gibrán Lule-Hurtado, National Park Service

 

Registration

River Management Roundtables are free and open to River Management Society members and non-members. Registrants will receive a link to the recording following the discussion. You can also access dozens of previous Roundtables, webinars and workshops in our River Training Channel.

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About RMS River Management Roundtables

Each month, the River Management Society hosts virtual conversations with professional river, greenway, and water trails leaders, planners, and managers whose community, region, state and federal river will benefit from the experiences of peer-to-peer sharing. Our goal is to facilitate an open forum to support your work managing rivers. We work together to tackle common issues by asking questions, sharing solutions and building comradery. 

Marta de la Garza Newkirk is a Community Planner in the Texas Field Office of theRivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA). Marta joined RTCA whilein graduate school. Her first project was a binational heritage project, facilitated by theNPS, a partnership between the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican states of NuevoLeon, Tamaulipas, and Coahuila. Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Marta isintimately familiar with the culture of the U. S. Mexican border. Prior to joining RTCA,Marta worked for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and taught English as asecond language.Marta received her Bachelor of Finance and her Master of Science in Community andRegional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin. She established the Texas officeof the RTCA program in 1995 and has enjoyed managing diverse recreation,conservation, and quality-of-life projects all over the state. She has also enjoyed workingcollaboratively with her RTCA colleagues on projects in the Intermountain Region andthroughout the U.S.Marta and her husband are the proud parents of three young adults who bring honor anddelight to their family and tot their communities. In her spare time, Marta manages smallfarm animals, rescue dogs, a vegetable garden, and a pollinator garden. She is the jointowner-manager of her husband’s small business. She enjoys long walks, reading, andtraveling.

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