Staff

Lucia Priselac

Director

Nora O’Brien

Operations Associate

Sofia Prado Huggins

Project and Social Media Manager

The Uproot Project Advisory Board

The Uproot Project Advisory Board is composed of current and former environmental journalists who bring valuable expertise in supporting journalists of color. The board provides strategic guidance to ensure Uproot’s initiatives effectively foster community, mentorship, and professional development within environmental journalism. Their experience and insight help shape the organization’s efforts to create a more inclusive and equitable media landscape.

Paola Rosa-Aquino

Co-Chair

Freelance Journalist

Iris Crawford

Co-Chair

Communications Advisor (Region 2), US EPA

Justin Worland

Treasurer, Executive Committee
Senior Correspondent, TIME

Maddie Burakoff

Associate Editor, Audubon Magazine 

Rachel Ramirez

Climate Writer, CNN

Naveena Sadasivam

Senior Staff Writer, Grist

Chad Small

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington

Meaghan Parker

Executive Director, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

Nicole Foy

Ancil Payne Fellow, ProPublica