Danaira Roman
Caribbean Field Office, Boquerón, Puerto Rico
My name is Danaira Roman and I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. I’m currently attending the Interamerican University Ponce campus, where I’m studying Public Relations and Advertisement as my major and a minor in Marketing. Since this is my last year of my bachelor I’m planning to make my MA in Producing for Film and Video the next year. I’m very interested in photography, graphic designs, communications, music composing and writing. I’m also a musician and I am in a band.
I have grown up my whole life with an appreciative outlook on the animals and wildlife surrounding me, and I feel compromised with the environment. That’s why I’m so fascinated with this program and I feel so happy to be part of it. Being part of the Youth Ambassador Program is a great opportunity for me to interact more with the wildlife.
More from Danaira...
Planting Lives, an unforgettable experience
Article by Danaira Roman (Danna Liurova), September 26, 2011
You know what? On Saturday, September 24, 2011, we celebrated National Public Lands Day and for that reason, the US Fish & Wildlife Service planted trees. The team planted 41 new trees during the morning. “We have been planting most of the trees that you see around our new building, since the day we moved”, said Oscar Díaz , biologist with the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Some of the species of trees that were planted are: “Palo de vaca”, “Palo de hierro”, “Palma sombrero”, “Péndula”, “Uva Playera”, “Almacigo”, “Roble Blando”, “Lija”, Euginia woodburyana, an endangered species, and the Stahlia monosperma or better known as the “Cobana Negra” also under threat of extinction.
Saturday, was my first day as part of the US Fish & Wildlife Service team, as a Youth Ambasador and had the opportunity to live this unforgettable experience close to a team who is so passionate, dedicated and with a sense of responsibilities to Mother Nature. My heart was filled with so much emotion when I planted my first tree, the “Cobana Negra”. Now every time I come to work and go by that area, I can’t avoid peaking at that corner where the “Cobana Negra” is planted close to its brothers of other species. Planting a tree is planting a life and planting a life is saving a life.
