Esperanza del Arroyo Pantera Curriculum Vitae

Contact information: Email: Esperanza@mexicanwolves.org Home: Lost Cienega, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona Office: Hannagan Meadow, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona Phone: (Ahh)OOO-OOOO Species: Canis lupus baileyi County of residence: Greenlee Years in Arizona: 4.5 (human)/32 (canid)

Objective

I seek an appointment to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission because I believe I could bring diversity, balance and a deep understanding of healthy systems to this important role. I can bring a unique, pro-wolf perspective that none of the current Commissioners seem to share, providing representation for the vast majority of Arizonans who want to see lobos fully restored in our state.

Education & Qualifications

2014: Graduated with honors in 2014, and was conferred “Named Wolf” status, by the Bosque School of Albuquerque.

2013-2014: Bluestem Pack Homeschool (Arizona), led by AF1042 and AM 1341 in

experiential learning classroom along with five siblings.

Experience Hunting Guide 2014 – present

• Mentored numerous juveniles in the art and skills of subsistence hunting, from tracking to caching

• Helped actively manage resident elk herds’ excessive use of riparian vegetation by volunteering to lead depredation hunts on national forest land

Alpha Female and Den Mother 2015 – 2017

• Home-birthed three litters and raised twelve Mexican wolf pups Foster Mother and Homeschool Instructor 2017

• California Wolf Center, Julian, CA: Served as foster mother to two wolf pups and integrated them into the Panther Creek Homeschool curriculum

2016

• Endangered Wolf Center, Eureka, MO: Served as foster mother to two wolf pups and integrated them into the Panther Creek Homeschool curriculum

2015 – present

• Panther Creek Homeschool: Along with M1394, started with Panther Creek homeschool with one pupil. Developed curriculum and “lessons learned.”

Skills

• Excellent communicator • Strong leader • Multi-generational native Arizonan • Skilled backcountry subsistence hunter • Works cooperatively • Interested in maintaining traditional uses of public lands • Well-informed about the outdoors • Passionate about Arizona’s game populations • Keen insight into issues facing Arizona’s predators • Advocate for Wilderness • Cares about family values