We are celebrating Girls and Women in Science Day by highlighting four incredible women leading conservation and research across the Americas. With passion, dedication, and a deep commitment to the environment, Loretto Arriagada, from Chile, Noemí Moreno, from Colombia, Adriana Moreno from Panama, and Carrie Gray, from Canada, are connecting science and communities to hemispheric conservation. Keep reading to learn more about these remarkable researchers and conservationists! Loretto Arriagada: Born to Be a Scientist 13106 "As a child, Lore played with a strainer, a jar, and a magnifying glass. She collected insects, stones, and sand, classified, and observed them. She looked up what she found in encyclopedias. That girl wanted to know everything about animals and the ocean. She would spend the entire day like that. She never played with dolls, just left them as ornaments, not even taking them out of their box!" This is how Loretto Arriagada remembers her childhood and how...