Angelica F. Recierdo

Angelica Recierdo is a health writer, poet, and editor. She was awarded a Global Health Corps Fellowship in 2016-17. Angelica holds an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University, a B.S. in Nursing from Northeastern University, and is pursuing an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Dominican University of California.

Monarch butterflies rest on the ground at the Sierra Chincua butterfly sanctuary.
Environment

Mexico's Shared Fate in the Absence of Trees

by Angelica F. Recierdo

Increased violence and illegal deforestation of Mexico's Michoacán risks environmental and human health