Jessica Hernandez

, our ancestors look after us, but sometimes they also offer us their protection through our animal and plant relatives.

we understand that our role on earth does not end when we are gone as we are continuing to provide water to our plant and animal relatives in the form
of rain.

the
more I immersed myself into academia and higher education, the more I realized that my elders, relatives, and parents hold more knowledge about our environment than any professor, scientist, or researcher I have come across in my journey. We do not need validation from settler colonialism because we have been living in harmony with our environments.