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“MAKING-WITH”
MENTORSHIP SHOWCASE 2026

Join us FOR our annual Mentorship Showcase on March 27 and 28, 2026.

The event begins with keynote presentations on Friday evening from 6-8 pm ET on March 28 and continues on Saturday March 29 from 8 am - 2 pm ET via Zoom with three panel presentations featuring our mentees, each followed by Q & A.

About the Mentorship Showcase
Each year, our team at Creature Conserve is excited to honor the tremendous accomplishments of our existing pool of Mentees as they present art-driven solutions for some of conservation’s most pressing problems. Their work is part of the next crop of voices to make a big splash in the conservation industry and contributes to the growing pool of talented alumni to excel through our program.

This year’s theme is “Making-With.” The showcase will be held virtually via Zoom. Registration is free, and everyone's invited!

Register in advance or right before the session to receive the Zoom link. Note that we will be using the SAME link for each session.

MAKING-WITH Mentorship Showcase 2026

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

Friday, March 27, 2026
Keyonote Presentations, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
Lisa Kahn Schnell, Diana Renn, Ana Sofía Camarga, Derek Russell

Saturday, March 28, 2026
Mentee Panel (3) Presentations and Q&A, 8:00 AM ET - 2:00 PM ET

Panel 1: Bridging Ecologies Through Connections, ET 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM ET
Soundarya Gottapu, Emi Koch, Audacia Ray, Luna Tescari

Panel 2: Interpreting Nature, Creating Voices, 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
Akshita Totlani, Layla Osman, Manya Singh and Aditi Patil, Marie Preston

Panel 3: Managing Conservation, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Megan Elevado, Merrica Fernando, Valentina Caceres

WHAT IS MENTORSHIP?

Mentorship is multiple, it finds a home in many different places. At Creature Conserve, mentorship is a support system for artists, designers, scientists, and writers as they collaborate and explore the human connection to nature, creating new art-sci pathways to a healthier world for all creatures. It is an opportunity to seek, find, inquire, and collaborate to better understand the challenges facing wildlife conservation today. Together, we seek more than answers. We imagine a better future for all animals and humans.

Creature Conserve Mentees are individuals seeking help or guidance for any personal or professional project related to collaborating (art-sci, writing-sci) and exploring the human connection to nature, creating new pathways to a more sustainable world for all creatures. Our Mentors are established artists, designers, writers, and scientists who have leadership experience (formal or informal) and either currently work in art-sci wildlife conservation or are interested in collaborating with Creature Conserve. We also host Mentorship Fellows who are developing the reach and relevance of our Mentorship community.

Mentorship is an act of reciprocity. At Creature Conserve, we believe that knowledge can always be exchanged. In this way, both Mentee and Mentor enter into their relationship with open minds. As much as this new cohort of Mentees has learned from us, we too have learned from them.