Posted by Alicia M. Highland, Education Woodland Park Zoo’s Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) Master’s students and alumni are enacting environmental stewardship and social change locally and globally. Here is just one of their amazing stories : This week’s blog features AIP alumni Nate Brown. He shares how his AIP experience took him on a journey to Patagonia, Chile and helped him discover the importance of engaging local communities in environmental conservation. Why did you apply to the Advanced Inquiry Program? As much as I love science, I knew right away that I didn’t want to become a scientist as a profession. I came to this program because I was finally able to see the need for education, communications, and community engagement within the conservation world. Those were values and skills I could bring and develop further. I just needed to learn how to apply them. What impact has the program had on you personally and professionall...