Caleb Nyatuame is a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Ecology in the School of Natural Environment and Resources at UF and a North American Association for Environmental Education Civic Engagement Education-Change International Fellow. His research develops an integrated environmental education framework that combines place-based learning and AI through a Community of Practice training program designed to enhance environmental educators capacity in Ghana and other African countries. 

Carolina Simon-Pardo is a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecology in the School of Natural Environment and Resources at UF. She holds a M.S. in Educational Technologies and a B.A. in Filmmaking. Her research focuses on collaborative approaches with Indigenous and local communities in the Colombian Amazon to support biocultural conservation and culturally responsive science and environmental education.