WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Wezddy Del Toro Orozco is a PhD Candidate in the Integrative Conservation PhD Program and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. Her research bridges ecological science and the human dimensions of conservation, with a focus on human-wildlife coexistence. Wezddy specializes in the ecology and conservation of both aquatic and terrestrial mammals, and her current work explores spatial and temporal patterns of jaguar depredation and human-felid interactions in Central Amazonia.

Since 2013, Wezddy has been a member of the Ecology and Conservation of Felines in the Amazon Research Group at the Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá in Brazil, and since 2019, an active participant in the Community of Practice in Human-Wildlife Coexistence. Her doctoral research integrates socio-ecological data—including jaguar behavior, environmental variation, and local perspectives on human-felid interactions—to inform more effective and equitable strategies toward achieving human-felid coexistence.

A committed science communicator, Wezddy is dedicated to translating research for diverse audiences. As a photographer, she uses visual storytelling to raise awareness and foster engagement around human-wildlife coexistence.