Podcast: I’ll Go If You Go

Season 2

About the host

Emily Harwitz (she/her) is a multimedia science writer and photographer whose work focuses on the environment and our connection to it. She tells stories that foster community, provoke curiosity, and inspire a sense of deeper connection with the natural world around us.

Season 1

EPISODE 6

Come as you are (smells like team spirit)

Featuring Dana Poblete, Marcos Castineiras, and Caleb Castle.

EPISODE 5

How to stand up (like a redwood)

Featuring Rebecca Au.

EPISODE 4

A hike a week keeps your well-being at peak

Featuring Karla Amador.

EPISODE 3

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals

Featuring Toni Maggi-Brown.

EPISODE 2

Rooting yourself in community and place

Featuring Farrahn Hawkins.

EPISODE 1

Raised by the Oakland redwoods

Featuring Miguel Marquez.

About the host of Season 1

Leslie Parra (she/her) connects diverse communities to redwood and sequoia forests. She has garnered significant recognition for her leadership in community civic action, STEM and environmental education, and diversity, equity, and inclusion work over the past 15 years. Her professional calling is to cultivate enrichment programs with multicultural and international perspectives, driven by and in collaboration with communities. During her free time, she loves to go hiking with her partner Eric and their dog Mishqui (which means “sweet” in Quichua, the native language of Ecuador—a place she calls home).