Efraín is a proud bilingual, multicultural undocumented queer mestizo scientist/artist. Considered by some to be an immigrant from Durango, Mexico, Efraín has lived in Colorado, USA since 2002 and in the northern Indigenous lands since 1996. An autodidactic polymath through experiential learning, Efraín uses Nature as his compass and guide and is an interdisciplinary photographer, activist, entomologist, visual storyteller and educator. His major passions are bringing awareness not only to the pressures on our ecosystems and biodiversity but also to the many disadvantages his intersecting communities face through his diverse interests and multi-perspective life experiences. Efraín is a firm believer in the potential his communities are capable of and is committed to using Nature, his voice and platform to change current social constructs. When Efrain is not making art, you can catch him out with his camera, butterfly net, and vest full of jars, photographing and collecting arthropods around Aurora/Denver, or catching up on homework for his individualized degree program at MSU Denver.