Rene is an American docent in the first-ever community engagement program for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing created by the Cougar Conservancy and National Wildlife Federation’s #SaveLACougars campaign. The program is building a bridge between the Santa Monica Mountains community, visitors and area wildlife with docent-in-person tours offering information about the wildlife crossing and importance of coexisting with cougars and all the benefits that the WAWC will bring.
She graduated from the Teton Science School in Kelly, WY completing in-the-field course work in wildlife ecology accredited by the University of Wyoming and she’s a member of The Wildlife Society.
Rene is indigenous Californian, her maternal ancestors Achemen (Juaneno) co-existed with wolves, grizzlies, mountain lions for thousands of years in Southern California.
A naturalist at heart, her go-to destinations are the local mountain ranges near her home where mountain lions roam, the Tetons, Yellowstone, and Kenya where she supports the long term studies of Amboseli Elephants thru Elephant Voices.
