Cynthia Fussell
Cynthia Fussell Persaud is an undergraduate student at Florida International University. Majoring in Sustainability and the Environment, minoring in Environmental Science, and working towards a certificate in Biodiversity Conservation and Management. She has always had an interest in tropical regions and wildlife conservation. Currently she is being mentored under Dr. Elizabeth Anderson and Dr. Christopher Baraloto with the FIU Tropics’ Tropical Conservation Internship Spring 2019 cohort. Her internship project focuses on estimating population sizes and social perceptions of introduced peafowls in the Coconut Grove and neighboring communities of Miami. Cynthia previously held positions such as a swamp-walk tour guide in the Big Cypress National Preserve as well as a Sea Turtle Nest Surveyor for the Miami Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program (MDCSTCP). Through her various experiences, educating others about biodiversity and the environment has become another one of her passions. And today, she is currently working full time as a K-12 Education and Outreach Assistant at the Everglades Foundation.
Contact: cfuss002@fiu.edu