The Sonoran Joint Venture is thrilled to announce the hiring of Celene Moncayo as our first-ever Mexico Coordinator. Celene brings more than twenty years of experience in biological conservation and ecosystem restoration across Chihuahua, Mexico. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, as well as for non-profit organizations. Celene served as the WWF Officer for the Chihuahuan Desert and most recently as the Director for both the Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (APFF) Tutuaca and APFF Papigochic for the National Commission for Natural Protected Areas (CONANP/SEMARNAT). In these positions she played a key role in consolidating significant decrees and pivotal collaborations, including the Tarahumara Sustentable Project funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). She also participated in the Interinstitutional Working Group (GIT) for the binational management of the Conchos River.

At the Sonoran Joint Venture we are very excited to have Celene join our team and bring her extensive experience in Management and Human Dimensions to achieve the objectives in the SJV Conservation Implementation Plan with our partners in Mexico.

Celene has a B.S. from Chihuahua Technological Institute and received her M.S. in Integrated Environmental Management from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, BC.