Paula Blanco-Ortiz
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2023 Emerging Leader
Paula Blanco-Ortiz is an undergraduate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences studying Environment and Sustainability. Paula currently works at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab creating non-invasive detection methods for the Ambystoma species complex, a group of special concern New York salamanders. When she is not in the lab you can find her chasing amphibians, reading a book, or baking.