Roberta Labastida

Roberta Labastida

Roberta Labastida, author of My Ancestors’ Village taught elementary school in San Diego County for over 20 years. During that time she co-authored two curricula on the Kumeyaay indigenous people, and wrote and illustrated three children's books about them.  Now retired, she has dedicated herself to sharing her Kumeyaay knowledge and artifact collection to libraries, schools, and parks, as well as being a volunteer archaeologist.

 

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Richard Halsey

Richard Halsey

Richard Halsey, author of Fire, Chapparal, and Survival in Southern California, is a noted fire ecologist and trained wildland fire-fighter who researched southern California chaparral for over two decades. A popular instructor at the San Diego Natural History Museum, he coordinates education and research efforts for the California Chaparral Institute, and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times and on Huell Howser's “California's Green” on PBS.