Zinthu Zapadziko Lapansi

Ndamva mphamvu. Mphamvu ya madzi kundikweza, kundikankha, kundikoka, kundisuntha, kunditengera kutali ndi maso anga. Chidwi changa ndi chikondi changa panyanja chakhazikika pa nthawi yomwe ndidakhala ndikusangalala ndi Gulf of Mexico pachilumba cha South Padre ndili mwana. Ndinkasambira mpaka kutopa kwambiri ndipo popita kunyumba ndinkangomwetulira n’kudzifunsa kuti, “Sindingadikire kuti ndichitenso zimenezi.”

Ndinapitiriza kuphunzira kusewera panyanja ndi kayak pachilumbachi, komwe ndikanalemekeza Mayi Nature mwa kuvina pamchenga wake wonyezimira, kukwera mafunde operekedwa ndi mphamvu ya mphepo ndi kukwera kwapang'onopang'ono kwa gombe. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zambiri ndinkakhala ndekha mwamtendere ndikakhala pamadzi, sindinkaiwala kuti sindinali ndekha. Zamoyo za m’madzi ndi mbalame za m’mphepete mwa nyanja zinali mbali yaikulu ya nyanja monga madzi ndi mchenga. Sindinangowona zolengedwa izi, ndidazimva zikundizungulira ndikukayika, kusefukira komanso kusambira. Zachilengedwe zokongolazi zikadakhala zosakwanira popanda iwo, ndipo kupezeka kwawo kumangokulitsa chikondi changa ndi mantha anga panyanja.  

Chilakolako changa chobadwa nacho cha chilengedwe ndi nyama zakuthengo chimanditsogolera kuchita maphunziro a sayansi, makamaka pa Sayansi Yachilengedwe. Ndili ku yunivesite ya Texas ku Brownsville, ndinagwira ntchito limodzi ndi asayansi ndi mapulofesa omwe ankafufuza za chirichonse kuchokera ku ubwino wa madzi mpaka kuzindikiritsa dothi ndi zomera m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi m'nyanja ya oxbow ku Brownsville, Texas yotchedwa, "Resacas." Ndinakhalanso ndi mwayi wotumikira monga Wogwirizanitsa Magulu Obiriwira a Campus komwe ndinali ndi udindo wosamalira thanzi la Mangroves athanzi omwe adabzalidwanso ku Gulf of Mexico. 
Pakadali pano, ntchito yanga yamasiku ano imandibweretsa kudziko lazachiyanjano ndi anthu omwe amagwira ntchito limodzi ndi makampani ndikupereka makasitomala omwe ali ndi mfundo zaboma. Ndili ndi mwayi wogwirizana ndi atsogoleri a dziko la Latino popanga mipata yomwe imatsegula njira kuti anthu aku Latino azitha kulumikizana ndi zida zofunika kwambiri zazaka za 21st, intaneti. 

Ndimalumikizanabe ndi kayendetsedwe ka zachilengedwe ndi kasungidwe kudzera muntchito yanga yodzipereka ndi Latino Outdoors komwe ndimagwira ntchito ngati DC Coordinator. Monga wogwirizira, ndimagwira ntchito yopanga mayanjano omwe angalimbikitse kuzindikira kwa anthu amdera la Latino ndikuchita nawo mwayi wochita zosangalatsa kunja. Kupyolera muzochitika zakunja monga kayaking, paddle boarding, kupalasa njinga, kukwera maulendo ndi kukwera ndege, tikuyala maziko kuti dera lathu likhale lolimba komanso lofunika kwambiri ndi Mayi Nature. Chilimwe chino ndi m'dzinja, tipitirizabe kugwira ntchito ndi anthu osapindula m'deralo poyeretsa mitsinje. Tathandizira kuyeretsa kuzungulira mitsinje ya Anacostia ndi Potomac komwe kwathandizira kuchotsa zinyalala zopitilira matani a 2 chaka chino. Chaka chino tinayamba kugwira ntchito pazochitika zamaphunziro zomwe zimabweretsa akatswiri a zamoyo zaku Latino kuti aziphunzitsa maphunziro achidule okhudza mitengo ndi chilengedwe. Kalasiyo imatsatiridwa ndi kukwera kodziwitsa ku NPS: Rock Creek Park.

Ndikuyembekezera kukhala membala wa Advisory Board ndi The Ocean Foundation, ndikuchita gawo langa kuthandizira ntchito yothetsa chiwonongeko cha nyanja zathu ndikulimbikitsa zamoyo zam'nyanja zathanzi.