Color Of Water

Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Paula Buchanan

National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Victor Galvan

Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Esteban Ortiz

The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Aria Harris

TYLin

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Talia London

The Common Acre

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Benu Amun Ra

S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Roland Jones

CIS

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Walt Walker

TYLin

Olga Cano

HUD

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Shama Perveen

CERES

Afia Zakiya

Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

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About Us

The Color of Water Initiative was created by the Water Hub to build voice and visibility for people of color in the water movement. Our goal is to connect reporters with a more diverse set of experts, and build capacity for these experts to elevate the stories of their communities, which have often been left out of conversations around water. 

 

From water access and drought response in the West to lead pipes and PFAS pollution in the Great Lakes to recurring flooding and water infrastructure failures in the South, Color of Water members have deep expertise and first-hand experience on water challenges and solutions all across the country.


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