Shanelle Thevarajah, Environment for the Americas
Shanelle earned a B.A.S. from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, in 2019. She studied zoology and family & child studies because of her passion for scientific communication and involving communities in conservation-related decisions. In May 2021, Shanelle earned her M.S. in environmental biology from Regis University. Her research mainly focused on the social behavior of male Asian elephants at Denver Zoo, and she loved getting to learn more about such incredible animals! In addition, Shanelle has done a lot of work with freshwater fish and invertebrates. In 2021, she completed an internship at the Butterfly Pavilion, where she worked on a long-term citizen science butterfly monitoring program called the Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Network.