Tricia Cortez
Laredo, TX
Tricia joined the Rio Grande International Study Center (RGISC) in 2010 where she currently serves as executive director of Laredo’s only environmental nonprofit organization. Her primary focus is to understand and improve the Laredo and South Texas environment in the face of the realities of climate change, and seeks to achieve that end by restoring the resilience of nature and natural systems. RGISC programs are centered on river restoration, water security, air quality, cultural organizing and border narrative shifts.
