Lianna Nixon is an award-winning conservation storyteller, environmental science educator, and expedition guide. She specializes in stories located in the polar regions and the American West. Nixon is driven to tell stories that connect people to our planet using art-science narratives that empower community stakeholders.

Nixon received her Master's in Education: Learning Sciences and Human Development from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work explores how storytelling impacts learning about climate science and intersectional environmentalism. Today she works for Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) to help scientists communicate their work to the public.

Lianna's work has been published in magazines such as GEO, CBS, ABC, Stern, Nature, PM, and many academic journals. Her work has been exhibited in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, and the United States.

She also serves on Tse Bii’ Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is provide sustainable off-grid resources into homes of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park residents, as Executive Director. Her mission is help ensure that all homes in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park have solutions to address water and electrical inaccessibility.

Lianna, her husband, and her dogs live in Vancouver, Washington.

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