Roslyn Rivas is the Public Programs Manager at NYC Audubon, a grassroots non-profit that has been working for the protection of wild birds and habitat in New York City for over 40 years. If you want to know how urban conservationists have saved millions of birds, changed major construction like the Javits Center to be more environmentally friendly, and have brought together the NYC community around an appreciation of birds, this episode is for you. Roslyn is a Bronx, New York native and grew up right next to the iconic Bronx Zoo. Her early love of environment and animals propelled her to Yale where she graduated undergrad with a degree in ecology & evolutionary biology and then earned a wildlife management certificate from Oregon State University. Roslyn has worked for the New York Botanical Garden and the National Audubon Foundation before bringing her talents to NYC Audubon. Get ready to learn about practical ways urban living folks can be just a little bit more environmentally conscious.