Growing Papaya Trees by Dr. Jessica Hernandez: Book Talk

Join the CCID and BOND for a book talk featuring best-selling author Dr. Jessica Hernandez (Fresh Banana Leaves) who will be discussing her newest book, Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement.

Dr. Jessica Hernandez is a globally recognized Indigenous scientist, climate justice leader, and best-selling author whose groundbreaking work is redefining environmentalism through an Indigenous lens. Rooted in the Pacific Northwest, she bridges Indigenous science, traditional ecological knowledge, and Western frameworks to confront the most urgent environmental crises of our time.

CCID programming, support structures, and campus organizations are open to anyone in the campus community, regardless of race, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual identity, and/or any other protected characteristic.