Field Inclusive – Cape Fear Bird Observatory Name Summer Fellow

APRIL 10, 2023 | FIELD INCLUSIVE

For immediate release

Contact:
Field Inclusive, fieldinclusive@gmail.com

Sofia Correa (she/her), an undergraduate student in Wingate University’s Environmental Biology Program, is the recipient of the 2023 joint fellowship from Field Inclusive and Cape Fear Bird Observatory. Correa will be helping with Painted Bunting (PABU) banding on public and private properties as well as help establish a point count and banding study on six sites from Wilmington to Sunset Beach. 

“Correa was the perfect candidate, and I am excited that we could offer this opportunity ” says Lauren D. Pharr, co-founder and CEO of Field Inclusive. “Our mission here at Field Inclusive is to offer intensive field experiences such as this to individuals from smaller schools and BIPOC communities who may have limited opportunities to gain such experiences. “

This is the first year of the joint fellowship, which supports individuals with marginalized and historically excluded identities whose institutions have limited capacity to provide field opportunities, such as small HBCUs, MSIs, and Tribal Colleges. Cape Fear Bird Observatory, along with Wilson Ornithological Society is sponsoring the fellowship this year.

Correa moved to the United States in 2018 from Peru and has strived to further her education, focusing on the conservation of the environment. She is very interested in understanding the intricate workings of our planet’s ecosystems and how different factors come together to function as one, while learning the different areas of wildlife research she can take part in.

“The CFBO Fellowship is an opportunity I am excited to take part in,” says Correa. “It will allow me to delve deeper into an environment and discipline (ornithology) that I am just starting to discover.”

Read more about this Fellowship.

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