Viviana Ricardez- Vice President
A ‘biophilic’ spark ignited a young girl’s fascination with turtles and that led to a burning passion for her leadership role in Texas Turtles. Viviana Ricardez generates a contagious passion that drives her research and leadership roles in Texas Turtles. When not tackling day to day business affairs of Texas Turtles, she is active in fieldwork, and outreach events that safeguard turtle populations while engaging communities in conservation science. She has studied turtles from virtually every part of Texas, authored numerous publications, appeared several times on television and worked as a turtle consultant for blue chip documentary films as well as local, state and federal policy makers. Additionally, she manages one of the largest herpetological research libraries in Texas (1000+ book titles alone!), co-manages a scientific research collection of turtle specimens primarily from Texas and a growing genomic tissue collection and advocates for an increase in the standard of humane treatment of turtles used in field studies.
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Viviana RICARDEZ | Vice President | Bachelor of Science | Research profile
