with USDA Forest Service
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Amanda Grace Santos lives in Santa Fe, NM on Ancestral Tiwa land working as a Resource Assistant with the US Forest Service. She earned her Masters in Archaeology from Boston University, where she specialized in landscape archaeology and cultural heritage management. Her thesis discussed cultural heritage management and pedagogical approaches, specifically place-based pedagogy, and conservation education. This thesis still aligns with her professional goals of equity in conservation, outreach, and effective, respectful collaboration with Native Nations. During the past year she has been working with the US Forest Service and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition to develop the Cultural Landscape Training Framework to help improve Indigenous relations across the National Trail System by leaning into the unlearning and relearning process, as well as recommendations from Indigenous professionals across the conservation and recreation professions. As a member of the generation who will take us into the future, it is central to her professional and personal aspirations to help rebuild the tables we’ve been sitting at for far too long and make sure everyone has a seat.
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