{"id":8063,"date":"2025-04-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svk.dlr.mybluehost.me\/?p=8063"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T17:01:25","slug":"joven-puertorriquena-llega-a-la-epa-gracias-a-las-oportunidades-de-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservationopportunity.org\/en\/joven-puertorriquena-llega-a-la-epa-gracias-a-las-oportunidades-de-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Puerto Rican woman reaches EPA through CO opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alay\u00f3n Rivera now contributes to studies that improve environmental protection policies in Puerto Rico.<\/em>
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Isabel Rubi Alay\u00f3n Rivera working within the EPA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Using the Conservation Opportunity (CO) platform, Isabel Rub\u00ed Alay\u00f3n Rivera, a graduate student at the University of Puerto Rico R\u00edo Piedras campus, continues to explore scientific projects of interest to her and since 2022, she has dreamed of belonging to one of the opportunities that the non-profit organization offers and, finally, she got it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2024, Alay\u00f3n Rivera began participating in a research program in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Research and Development (EPA) through an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) internship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this opportunity, Alayon conducts scientific research, works in the field and laboratories, operates sample processing, manages data, analyzes water quality statistics, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe sampled in San Juan Bay, La Torrecilla Lagoon, Pi\u00f1ones, Suarez Channel, Los Corozos, San Jose Lagoon, we went under Teodoro Moscoso. Those study sites are comparative and we see how Ca\u00f1o Mart\u00edn Pe\u00f1a differs from those places,\u201d stated Alay\u00f3n Rivera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She and her team measure physicochemical parameters such as pH, temperature, salinity and bacterial biodiversity to \u201clearn about the quality and healthiness of recreational waters\u201d and \u201cidentify the status of the ecosystem\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy work is not related to what the San Juan Bay Estuary does restoring ecosystems, but I do go by boat with them monthly to take water quality samples in my project. First I read the physicochemical parameters of the water and in the lab I process the samples,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the federal Clean Waters Act, the EPA's mission is to provide clean air, land and water for citizens, and Alay\u00f3n Rivera's project directly contributes to this goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ORISE Institute, founded in 1946 by University of Tennessee physics professor William G. Pollard, formerly known as Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, launched the ORISE Connections program in 2024, which has allowed more than 1,800 interns, such as Alay\u00f3n Rivera, to use this platform to access development opportunities within the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, better known as STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the ORISE and EPA opportunity, which I got with the CO page, I competed with 36 applicants from the U.S. and Puerto Rico for the position,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program in which Alay\u00f3n Rivera is currently participating will culminate in October 2025. However, she intends to continue her education and advance her career in the field of research and environmental sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At press time, this program between ORISE and the EPA remains in place and Ayal\u00f3n Rivera's position has not been affected by the Trump administration's federal cuts.

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As a non-profit organization, our mission is to connect people with opportunities for growth and development within environmental conservation. Stories like Fabian Feliciano Rivera's are groundbreaking and inspiring for all others interested in seeing the opportunities we provide. If you would like to be part of our professional growth offers, you can access our section of opportunities<\/em><\/a> and orient yourself with our resources of Advance Expo<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to see the story of Adrian Cruz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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