Valeria Georgina Agoitia Fonseca
Street 52 #21, Supermanzana 515. P.C. 77535. Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, México ● +521 442 112 12 95 ● [email protected]

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS.

· Over 5 years of experience in monitoring wildlife.

· Strong background in organizing data bases and identifying wildlife species.

· Proven skills in assertive communication, teamwork, organization, prioritization, integrity, participative leadership, proactive decision making, direct problem solving and trust building.

· Professional communication skills include fluency in English and moderately fluent in French.

· Master in Biological Sciences

· Computer skills include: – MS Office, internet and email.

– ArcGIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wildlife Control Biologist.                                                                              August 2019 to December 2019

Fumigación y Control Aviar S.A. de C.V. Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport at Campeche, Mexico.

· Monitoring of the wildlife present on the airport.

· Use of control methods against wildlife that might interfere on the airplane operations.

· Elaboration of the data base, data analysis, maps and reports.

Field Biologist.                                                                                                                           March to April 2019

Grupo Ecológico de Conservación de Islas. Isla Guadalupe in the Project of Ecological Restoration in Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico.

· Monitoring of the feral cats present on the island.

· Use of traps to catch the feral cats.

· Lethal control against the cats.

· Elaboration of daily reports of activities.

Wildlife Monitoring Technician.                                                                                                            2017-2018

Soluciones Ambientales Itzeni A.C. Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project. Chihuahua, Mexico.

· Wildlife monitoring using camera traps, telemetry and tracks.

· Environmental education to landowners and general public.

· Assessment and control of the conflict with predators.

· Elaboration of reports, data bases and ecological data analysis.

· Responsible for the accounting of the economic resources.

Participation in the following projects:

Feline Monitoring and Availability of Wild Preys within the Sierra Gorda Reserve, Querétaro. Final Report presented by Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro to Comisión Nacional de Áreas Nacionales Protegidas.

Monitoring and Management of the Reintroduced Population of Mexican Wolf. Report presented by Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro to Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas. Species at Risk Program 2014.

Conservation and Management of Black Bear Populations in the Sierra Madre Occidental. Report presented by Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro to Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas. Species at Risk Program 2014.

Attention to conflicts caused by predators in the state of Chihuahua. Report within the Species at Risk Program 2013, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Nacionales Protegidas (CONANP), Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Universidad Veracruzana, PROFAUNA, A.C.

Conservation of the jaguar in the Álamos-Río Cuchujaqui Protected Area and the El Fuerte Reserve. Report presented to Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas.

Determination of the Population Status of the black bear in the Campo Verde Protected Area and Madera Reserve within the Sierra Madre Occidental. Report. Species at Risk Program 2013.

EDUCATION

Degree in Biology.                                                                                                                                                   2015

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

Master in Biological Sciences.                                                                                                                            2018

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

Courses:

Field Course. “Ecología del Bosque Tropical Caducifolio: Vertebrados Terrestres”.                  2016

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico.

Theoretical-practical Course. “Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)”.        2015

PANTHERA and Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

LANGUAGES

French. DELF B1.                                                                                                                                                       2009

French Alliance in Querétaro and the Commission Nationale du DELF et du DALF. Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

English. First Certificate in English. Grade B.                                                                                               2009

Cambridge ESOL Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International. University of Cambridge. Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.