Candida Rodriguez - Member Highlight Interview

 Recorded on August 4, 2023, Renée Mazurek, Resilient Communities Manager for River Network and team member of the Urban Waters Learning Network, interviews Candida Rodriguez, the Director of Community Relations for Groundwork Hudson Valley.

Candida is the Director of Community Relations for Groundwork Hudson Valley in Yonkers, NY, where she is responsible for implementing community engagement programs, event organization, and developing public relations strategy. Candida has experience working alongside community members, local nonprofits, international organizations and government entities. Her expertise expands through climate change policy, gender equality, migration, education, youth development, and poverty reduction. She is passionate about the inclusion of vulnerable and underrepresented populations in decision making, especially on issues pertaining to environmental justice. 

In the conversation, Renée talks to Candida about with her climate resilience work that she is doing with the community in Yonkers. 

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