People Type: Staff

Cindy es originaria de Asunción, Paraguay, y se unió a la Oficina Ejecutiva del WHSRN en 2025. Cuenta con más de nueve años de experiencia en la promoción de la educación ambiental y la divulgación científica, liderando proyectos con comunidades rurales, pueblos indígenas y el sector productivo.

Antes de unirse al equipo, trabajó en la conservación de sitios clave para las aves como Coordinadora de Comunicación y Sociedad en Guyra Paraguay, socio de BirdLife International, donde impulsó iniciativas de marketing social. También desarrolló planes de monitoreo social para proyectos de carbono (REDD+), y trabajó como especialista social en iniciativas con certificaciones VCS y CCB. Ha coordinado estrategias de comunicación en redes trinacionales y multisectoriales, como la Red Trinacional de Restauración del Bosque Atlántico y el Observatorio Pantanal, y diseñó campañas para promover el turismo sostenible para organismos gubernamentales como la Secretaría Nacional de Turismo de Paraguay.

Estudió Ciencias de la Comunicación con especialización en Periodismo en la Universidad Nacional de Asunción, complementando sus estudios con formación en Redacción Científica y Gestión de Proyectos. En su tiempo libre disfruta de los deportes al aire libre y la observación de aves, además de ser una entusiasta la fotografía de naturaleza.

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Originally from Asunción in Paraguay, Cindy joined the WHSRN Executive Office in 2025. She has over nine years’ experience in promoting environmental education and scientific outreach, and has led projects with rural communities, indigenous peoples, and the productive sector.

Before joining the team, she worked to conserve key bird sites as Communications and Society Coordinator at Guyra Paraguay, a BirdLife International partner, where she promoted social marketing initiatives. She also developed social monitoring plans for carbon projects (REDD+) and worked as a social specialist on initiatives with VCS and CCB certifications. She has coordinated communication strategies within tri-national and multi-sector networks, such as the Tri-national Atlantic Forest Restoration Network and the Pantanal Observatory, and designed campaigns to promote sustainable tourism for government agencies such as Paraguay’s National Secretariat of Tourism.

She studied Communication Sciences with a focus on journalism at the National University of Asunción, complementing her studies with training in Scientific Writing and Project Management. In her free time, she enjoys outdoor sports and bird watching, as well as being an enthusiastic nature photographer.

Zoey Chapman is a Research Specialist at Manomet, where she provides data analysis and logistical support for long-term monitoring of shorebirds across the Arctic. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from Clemson University and has spent several field seasons collaborating with USFWS on shorebird and waterfowl breeding ecology projects across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Zoey is passionate about using emerging technology to advance conservation science, with a particular interest in developing computer vision models to monitor nesting birds. At Manomet, she is excited to support long-term data collection that deepens understanding of arctic breeding ecology. When she’s not in the field, she can usually be found with a needlework project in hand or reading under the nearest shady tree.

Morgan Ziegenhorn (they/she) joined Manomet in November 2025 as a Research Associate in Data Science and Acoustic Ecology.  Prior to this role,  Morgan worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universite de Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada in close collaboration with Manomet scientists, conducting groundbreaking research in the analysis of acoustic data sets applied to large scale shorebird monitoring.    

At Manomet, Morgan will continue to work in collaboration with Manomet’s USFWS and Canadian partners on cutting edge machine learning and advanced statistical analyses of audio recordings of shorebirds in the Arctic. Their current research in this field includes improving automated detection and classification of Arctic shorebird vocalizations, species distribution modelling, and abundance estimation.  Along with their colleagues, they are using these approaches to augment Manomet’s large scale monitoring of breeding shorebirds and explore whether audio monitoring can improve or replace visual observations of breeding shorebird density. 

Morgan obtained their PhD. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, focusing on passive acoustic monitoring of toothed whales in Hawaii.  Prior to this, they completed a B.A. in Integrative Biology—Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at the University of California, Berkeley., with a minor in Creative Writing.

Morgan is based in Sacramento, California and enjoys running, exploring the outdoors with their partner and dog, and occasionally publishing poetry. 

Nathalia is a passionate advocate for nature and sustainability, with over a decade of experience in conservation, tourism, and education. She began her career in 2012 as a volunteer at Guyra Paraguay, focusing on bird-based tourism. In 2016, she returned as the Coordinator of Paraguay’s first birdwatching tourism project, a groundbreaking initiative supported by National Audubon Society. She played a pivotal role in training birding guides at the national level and collaborated closely with partners in Guatemala, Belize, and the Bahamas.

In 2017, she earned her master’s degree in Tourism, Environment, and Development from King’s College London. From 2018 to 2022, she worked on Guyra Paraguay’s Organic Shade-Grown Yerba Mate initiative, leading project management efforts with rural producers and environmental education programs. She was instrumental in establishing a business unit through BirdLife International’s Forest Impact Accelerator, collaborating with international partners to drive sustainable development.

Beyond her core projects, Nathalia has pursued additional training in project management, attending postgraduate courses in Taiwan and Thailand in 2015 and 2019. She also worked with OPADES, where she coordinated tourism initiatives and supported environmental education activities. More recently, she has led projects on youth empowerment, education, and community development in various organizations across Paraguay.

Ashley joined Manomet in 2025 as the Vice President of External Relations, and leads the Development and Communications teams, with a focus on expanding external engagement strategies.

A seasoned leader with more than 30 years of development and communications experience, Ashley has a proven record of cultivating and stewarding long-term relationships with foundations, governments, corporations, and individual donors in the U.S. and internationally.

Prior to joining Manomet, Ashley spent two decades at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an $80 million global nonprofit, where she played a pivotal role in expanding global institutional giving and worked closely with the Board of Trustees’ Development Committee. Earlier in her career, Ashley held leadership roles at the Cape Cod Foundation, the YWCA of Asheville, and the North Carolina Community Foundation, as well as working on event management and outreach for several political campaigns.

Ashley holds an MS in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University and a BA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.