About
Journey North relies upon writers to help us tell the story of migration.
- Estela Romero helps us tell the story from monarchs' overwintering grounds in Mexico. A certified English teacher, Estela lives in Angangueo, Michoacán, Mexico. She is passionate about nature, local life in the region, Mexican culture, history, and traditions. Estela is an environmental educator with Monarchs Across Georgia and coordinates the Symbolic Migration program in Mexico. With funding from the Monarch Butterfly Fund, she writes articles for Journey North. In these articles, Estela provides a direct link to the El Rosario and Sierra Chincua Sanctuaries in central México. She has written articles for Journey North since 2007.
- Dr. David Aborn helps us tell the story of bird migration in the spring, especially as it relates to how weather impacts birds' northern movements each year. He as a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Zoology from Clemson University and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Southern Mississippi. A variety of positions have involved several avian research projects, from studying hawk migration in New Jersey and breeding biology of Wood Thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to examining juvenile dispersal of Florida Scrub-Jays. David has been contributing articles on spring migration of songbirds and the impact of weather on migration since 2000.
- Gail Morris writes our western news updates, which includes updates from overwintering sites in California. She is the coordinator of the Southwest Monarch Study. She is also a Monarch Watch conservation specialist, the vice president of the Central Arizona Butterfly Association, and participates in several western monarch working groups. She has been active in monarch conservation and training community scientists around the Southwest United States since 2006.
