Our alumni work around the country and the world in a wide variety of jobs, from conservation science to education to urban planning. Linking them all is a deep commitment to helping the Earth's inhabitants — humans and other animals, plants, fungi, microbes — live together sustainably and in mutually beneficial ways. Click through career profiles with the gray arrow below to get an idea of where the Field Naturalist Program propels its graduates.
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Chris Nytch '07
Chris is an ecologist and educator in Puerto Rico working in tropical forest ecology, social-ecological systems, and environmental education. As the Lead Scientist with the Friends of El Yunque Foundation, he directs El Yunque National Forest's Citizen Science Vegetation Monitoring Project and collaborates with non-profits, governmental, and academic organizations as well as local communities to promote conservation stewardship and ecological literacy. He's also leading efforts to establish Puerto Rico as a Regional Center of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development. Through his work, Chris aims to promote holistic and regenerative relations between people and place.
