[1] Her mother is from Michoacán, Mexico, and migrated to the United States in her twenties, living in California before settling in Oregon's Rogue Valley.

There she witnessed the impact of grassroots campaigns agitating for greater investment in marginalized communities and found role models in their women leaders.

[7] They voiced demands for an end to new oil and gas drilling contracts in California, and asked Brown to account for the contradiction between his reputation as a political leader on climate issues and his continued support for fossil fuel projects.

Participants travel the 300-mile-long route over the course of two weeks, raising awareness about the health of California's waterways biodiversity and the endangered status of the salmon, a keystone species.

The educational film aims to make the beauty and the fragility of the McCloud River ecosystem more accessible and immediate to those who can't experience it in person.

[13] The effort is being undertaken in coordination with the Ngai Tahu Maori, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.