Ryan Nakano is a writer/poet currently working and living in Oakland. Growing up in El Dorado Hills, he found a love for the written word and storytelling through his interest in music and his experience as a student journalist in high school. In 2014, he graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.A. in Journalism and has gone on to freelance for several hyper-local news publications. For the past ten years he has devoted his energy to supporting small education-based nonprofits in programs and communications work and hopes to continue to find ways to build and sustain community as the Communications Associate at GGAS. Ryan can be reached via email at rnakano@goldengateaudubon.org