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Voices of Alumni

Hear first-hand stories about how LEAF changes lives!

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Ann-Marie Alcántara

Meet a former LEAF intern who is sure to make headlines.

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Fazena Bachus

This alum from the class of 2009 is on her way to Columbia.

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Josh Carrera

Find out how Josh's life changed when he got involved with LEAF.

Victor Medina 215x143Victor Medina, 17, from Washington Heights, readies his net during an inventory of dragonfly and damselfly populations at the Willow Grove Lake Preserve in New Jersey Photographed on assignment for the Spring 2009, Nature Conserancy magazine story about a program to involved urban youth in nature studies on Conservancy preserves. © Amy Deputy
Victor Medina

See how Victor has climbed to new heights since graduating from LEAF.

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Orlando Raez

Meet Orlando, part of the 1997 class of LEAF interns.

Chanel Ramirez 215LEAF intern Chanel Ramirez in a kayak. © The Nature Conservancy
Chanel Ramirez

Hear how Chanel's LEAF experience changed the way she looked at the water faucet.

Gladys Ruiz 215x143Former LEAF intern Gladys Ruiz © Philip L McCarty
Gladys Ruiz

Learn how LEAF gave Gladys a glimpse of adulthood and life outside the big city.

Princess Serrano 215x143Former LEAF intern Princess Serrano © TNC
Princess Serrano

See how this young Brooklynite is setting an example and spreading the word about conservation.

Min Zheng 214x143Min Zheng © University of Vermont
Min Zheng

Learn why for this alum conservation is about more than saving pretty places.

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Photo Special Features TabLion in Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. © Kenneth K. Coe

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