Nila Lê

she/her | retired academic | B.S. & M.S. from @usfca | views my own

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

@naomibot @CABotanicGarden thank you for giving me simultaneously one of the best and worst days of my career today 🥺 until we meet again, Naomi. keep shining

[Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social @naomibot]

Today is Nila’s last day at @CABotanicGarden. Nila is a super star ⭐️! I know great things will happen wherever she puts her energy. Thank you Nila for being such a wonderful colleague. We wish you the best! 🤗

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

@botanico_las thank you, friend!

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

it’s official 🥺 I will be leaving CalBG after two wonderful years and starting a new adventure outside of academia.

I’m scared, but ready for the challenge. I’m gonna miss my colleagues so much!!! 💔

[Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social @naomibot]

🚨Job alert! We are seeking a botanist with GIS skills @CABotanicGarden. This is an exciting opportunity to work on on a diversity of projects to conserve CA plants with a dynamic team. Please share and RT! 🌼💚
https://t.co/MKNQo7iSji

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

thank you to the Tongva peoples, the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands). I will pay my respects to Honuukvetam (Ancestors), 'Ahiihirom (Elders), and 'eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging 🤍

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

we would know nothing about native plants and their remarkable uses without the stewardship and continued leadership surrounding protecting the place we call home: colonized Tongva land.

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

@Dr_Crushworth I need to stop trying to understand people

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

WHY

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

@alecjchiono 😂 very important yet often overlooked!!!

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

@carrieakiel menaces to society 😒

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

“As scholars, we should not forget that our job literally is to educate and mentor the next generation of scholars on how to identify barriers that affect our academic endeavors (including issues related to justice, equity, and inclusion)” — @BalaChaudhary & @aaberhe

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

had a moment of realization just now that, two years into my first professional position, I am DEEP in the conservation sector as I sit amongst so many esteemed colleagues in the Global Conservation Consortium 🥲

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

.@harvardmed's DICP (Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership) is hosting a webinar on Thu, 9/23 on Engaging Minoritized Communities in Research. tune in!

💻 register here ⤵️ https://t.co/TTMQxXIfLC

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

one of my RAs said that they appreciated how organized I was and I damn near started tearing up. why am I such a sap

[Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social @naomibot]

Adequate funding is vital to advance recovery of imperiled species. Our work @CABotanicGarden is enhanced by grants & support from the public. I am thrilled to announce we have a new project funded by Section 6 of the #ESA, an essential funding source for species conservation!🌎

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

even though times have been tough for both rare plants and the people who fight for them, it’s opportunities like this that make you feel just a little bit more hopeful.

I hope that the Conservation Department at @CABotanicGarden makes SBNF proud 💚

[Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social @naomibot]

This project will utilize a diversity of conservation resources @CABotanicGarden including our conservation genomics lab, restoration nursery, extensive seed bank, and field botany expertise. @nila_bio will be taking lead on the conservation genomics work. 🧬🌱

[Nila Lê @nila_bio]

@naomibot 🥲 2022 is looking up

[Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social @naomibot]

My humble friend the Amargosa niterwort (Nitrophila mohavensis) has made it to the @latimes! @LouisSahagun documents efforts across California to save species in a rapidly changing world. https://t.co/gNH0EM2UCV

[Mattias Lehman @MattiasLehman]

Do not let the horrors of the world paralyze you into inaction, or rob you of joy in the world.

Face them head on with grit and optimism.

Making the world a better place is always a worthwhile pursuit, even though you cannot make it a perfect place.

#ClimateReport