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Growing Papaya Trees : Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement Anti-Racism Reckoning with her own identity-theJessica Hernandez, Ph. D., is an Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. She has an interdisciplinary academic background ranging from marine sciences to forestry. Her work is grounded on her Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing that are rooted from El Salvador (Maya Ch'orti') and Oaxaca, Mexico (Zapotec). She advocates for food, climate, and environmental justice through her scientific and community