Manuela Mejia
About
Manuela is originally from Medellin, Colombia (City of Eternal Spring), and she moved to Colorado in 2012. I received my BA degree in 2017 from the University of Colorado Boulder (Go BUFFS!) with a double major in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Spanish Language & Literature. During my undergraduate, I worked on two different research projects: Exploring how insect phenology may influence the fitness of the Mountain Blue Bird; and isotope analysis to understand how fragmentation alters food-web structure in a large-scale, long-term fragmentation experiment in southeastern Australia. I completed my master's in biology from Miami University (OH) in 2021. My program's emphasis was on inquiry-driven education, environmental stewardship, and global understanding through firsthand experiences abroad.
