Juana is a junior English major at UCLA, as well as a transfer student from East LA College. Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Juana moved to the United States at the age of 13 and have resided in Southeast Los Angeles since the age of 14. Juana has been volunteering at Sage Hill since September 2024 as a Restoration Technician, working to nurture and grow the native species of plants that once inhabited and continue to inhabit this land. Juana is a College Corps Fellow for the academic year 2024-2025. Juana helps with removing litter; weeding out invasive species of plants; raking and trail maintenance; seed collection and cleaning; watering and planting (reintroduction) of native plants; and bench construction and painting. As a student of literature, Juana sees the narratives present in everyday life, including the history of Sage Hill; how a hundred years ago it was a thriving environment of hundreds of unique Californian species of plants and animals. But, a campus had to be built, and little by little those native species were driven out or disappeared. Juana hopes that Sage Hill can be restored and transformed into a tiny time capsule of how the land on the UCLA campus looked before it became a campus, and can become a place to admire the environmental history of Los Angeles, not only as a hub for science studies, but also for students in the humanities.