Norina Carlos de Jesus Francisco Vicente, born in Tete Province, Mozambique, is an Entomologist in training and photographer. She received her B.Sc degree in Ecotourism and Wildlife Management from Instituto Superior Politécnico de Manica in Manica province. In 2016, while still studying, she accepted an internship in Mozambique’s premier protected area, Gorongosa National Park. Since then, her passion has been to understand how organisms and ecosystems are organized and how knowledge of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology can be used to develop better strategies to protect Mozambique’s national areas. Her interests concentrate on insects, taxonomy, new species, conservation of biodiversity, symbiosis between species, tritrophic interactions. Currently, she works at the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique where she manages the biological collections, coordinates biodiversity data entry and digital imaging of specimens, species identification, and curation. Norina also leads educational tours and regularly participates in biodiversity surveys of Gorongosa. She is actively working with the taxonomy of ants in Gorongosa National Park as well as Lepidoptera. Norina is currently pursing a master’s degree in Integrative Biology at San Francisco State University in California.

Jenna Adams is a Master Ambassador in the Half-Earth Educator Ambassador Program. Jenna shares her love of science and learning with her middle school students in Baltimore City. You can also find Jenna exploring local biodiversity on walks with her dog while listening to a podcast. She earned a BS in Kinesiology at Penn State University and her Master’s in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Jenna shares her love of science and learning with her middle school students in Baltimore City where she’s been teaching for over 8 years. She knows that teachers are constant learners and seeks exciting new science information through books, podcasts, and her city. Jenna loves being a part of the Half-Earth team where she gets to collaborate with educators to explore topics of biodiversity and nature.

Tamara Jolly is a Master Ambassador in the Half-Earth Project Educator Ambassador Program. She discovered her deep love for nature as an adult, and hopes to instill environmental appreciation and advocacy into the lives of her students. As a high school science teacher in Baltimore City, Tamara has worked for 13 years in the classroom and looks for any opportunity to infuse nature and the environment into her lessons. As a woman of color, she has experienced moments of being excluded from natural spaces firsthand. She now hopes to increase access and inclusivity of nature for traditionally marginalized communities, while also expanding nature education opportunities in urban classrooms. This mission is so close to Tamara’s heart that she decided to take a year-long sabbatical from the classroom to study environmental and natural resources conservation at the SUNY School of Environmental Science and Forestry's Ranger School. Tamara also works as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant, facilitating DEI workshops, and is a fellow at the Adirondack Diversity Initiative.