Samples

Here you'll find an intentionally curated sampling of Betsy's writing and visual work. It is representative of her diverse range, though not inclusive of all work.

PHOTO ESSAYS 

• Images of Empowerment: Raising Her Voice  (Principal writer, Packard Foundation) 

• Frozen Treasure: The Beauty of Alaska’s Final Frontier and the Fight to Save It (Press release and authored original Frozen Treasure photo essay, Earthjustice) 

PRESS RELEASES AND STATEMENTS

• Statement on INC-2 Plastic Pollution Treaty Negotiations - Bilingual (Author, López-Wagner Strategies for Azul)

• Stop Poseidon Coalition Celebrates California Coastal Commission’s Decision to Unanimously Deny Permitting for Brookfield Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination Plant (Co-author, editor, López-Wagner Strategies for the Stop Poseidon Coalition)

• Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Challenging the Port of Seattle’s Decision to Make Seattle Shell’s Arctic Drilling Homeport (Author, lead Communications contact, Earthjustice)

• Statement on City of Seattle’s Investigation into Shell Homeport Lease (Author, Earthjustice)

• Environmental Coalition Stands with Dreamers at ’Greens for a Clean Dream Act’ Visual Demonstration (Author, lead coalition communications contact for quotes, LCV and LCV’s Chispa)

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, MODULE & CASE STUDIES - CURRICULUM

• Module One: Environmental Justice (Co-author, López-Wagner Strategies for EarthEcho International)

NEWS WRITING

• South Beloit’s Sewer Issues Divide Officials (Reporter, original news reporting/writing, Rockford Register Star)

• Residents to Roscoe Officials: Change Now (Reporter, original news reporting/writing, Rockford Register Star)

• Chicano Park Knows Strife (Reporter, original news reporting, writing, photography, Voice of San Diego)

BLOGS AND OPEDS 

• No Longer Big-Footed By Big Green, A Public Lands Collaborative is Born (Editor, co-author, Feature and OpEd, López-Wagner Strategies for People, Public Lands and Climate Collaborative PPLCC)

• Maternidad, Muerte Y Supervivencia (Author, Op-Ed on Motherhood, Racism and Police Brutality)

• Financial Resilience and Supporting the Cost of Nonprofit Work (Principal perspective writer, produced in coordination with Linda Baker for Carol Larsen, Packard Foundation) 

• LCV’s Chispa Defends Clean Power Plan at Public EPA Hearing (Authored testimony, delivered testimony as organization’s representative, LCV) 

• Let’s Set the Record Straight: Latinos Care about the Environment (Author, polling and project co-lead, Earthjustice)

• From the Great Lakes to the Pacific: A Growing Commitment to Ocean Conservation (Editor, perspective writing coach for John Claussen, Packard Foundation)

• Trump Needs More Diverse Cabinet to Fight Climate (Principal writer for LCV board members Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. of Hip Hoc Caucus and Cristobal J. Alex, then of Latino Victory, also placed OpEd) 

• Want to Combat Climate Change? Take Care of our Oceans (Lead writer, produced in coordination with and for Meg Caldwell, Packard Foundation)

• El Oceano es nuestra mejor solución para el clima (Translation management, placed for Meg Caldwell, Packard Foundation)

• Northeast Canyons and SeaMounts – LCV Feature (Authored, field content gathering, LCV and Chispa)

• Reflections of Capitol Hill Ocean Week (Lead, co-authored with Heather Ludemann of the Packard Foundation)

• A Provocative Little Message  (Authored, opinion editorial, Voice of San Diego)

• A Monumental Error: Re-evaluating our National Monuments and Public Lands (Author, LCV and Chispa)

VIDEO PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Our Shared Seas (Video, Packard Foundation and California Environmental Associates)  

• LCV's Chispa - Clean Buses for Healthy Niños (Video, LCV #CleanRide4Kids)

• Heartwired to Love the Ocean (Video, Packard Foundation for Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2019)

• Celebrating the Seas and Coasts of Mexico (Video, Packard Foundation - La Paz, Mexico)