Category Archives: Faces of the 21CSC

Faces of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps: Jessica Gibbons of Utah Conservation Corps

This summer we plan to highlight several of the participants in the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. To view all Faces of the 21CSC stories, please click here. The following story was provided by Utah Conservation Corps, a 21CSC program operator.

Jessica Gibbons is the AmeriCorps crew leader for the Utah Conservation Corps (UCC) bike crew. Originally from the Midwest, graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in Biology and Environmental Science.

Jessica learned about the UCC and the Corps movement a few summers ago through a person she worked with from Green Corps Chicago. She joined the UCC as a crew member in August 2014 and completed the fall season removing Russian olive as part of the multi-corps Escalante River Watershed Project. She stayed on for the winter season that was highlighted by a project in Bryce Canyon National Park completing corridor work felling trees for multi-use path. Continue reading →

Faces of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps: Dominick Dudley of Conservation Corps North Bay

Before coming to Conservation Corps North Bay, Corpsmember Dominick Dudley was expelled from high school and didn’t think he had much of a future. Now enrolled in the Corps’ charter school program, Dominick is only a few credits away from attaining his high school diploma. Continue reading →

Faces of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps: Jorge Lomas of Mile High Youth Corps

This summer we plan to highlight several of the participants in the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. This is the first of those stories and was provided by Mile High Youth Corps, a 21CSC program operator.

Jorge Lomas is a first-generation American, but spent much of his childhood growing up in Mexico. When he was 12 he moved permanently to Denver, CO. In 2011, he became the first of his family to enroll in college, signing up for classes at Colorado State University. As his first semester drew near, financial limitations forced him to withdraw and enroll in an Associates program at the Community College of Denver (CCD).

For the next two years, Jorge took classes and paid for school through work study and weekend jobs. After two years of school he decided to look for other ways to further his development and help the environment while still saving for his education. In the summer of 2013, he enrolled in the first term of service at Mile High Youth Corps as a member of the Summer of Service Land Conservation Program. Continue reading →