Audrey Peterman's new book, “From My Jamaican Gully to the World,” shares how the confidence she acquired growing up wild and free in Jamaica. Audrey focuses on connecting the public lands system and the American public in an egalitarian way.

Deja Perkins is an urban ecologist, science communicator and birder who grew up on the southeast side of Chicago. With a focus on environmental justice, Deja is one of the co-organizers of the #BlackBirdersWeek social media movement and currently the President of BlackAFinSTEM, the membership organization that organized Black Birders Week.