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Isa Betancourt

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Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Indonesia, 2020-21
Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellow, 2020-21
Critical Language Scholarship Alternate to Indonesia, 2020

MS Communication ’19

Isa Betancourt is a Curatorial Assistant of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and she recently completed her Master's in communication at Drexel University. Isa is interested in documenting, protecting, and celebrating biodiversity. She has realized these interests through her work supporting research in the entomology collection at the Academy, through her book Backyard Bugs of Philadelphia, and through social media outreach initiatives like the #bugscope on Periscope.tv.

With the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Isa will work with the National University (UNAS) in Indonesia to collect data on insect biodiversity at the University's field site in Borneo, which can be used to inform restoration initiatives. The project will document the biodiversity by creating an UNAS entomological research collection.

Last updated: April 2020