Diedra Rodriguez grew up in a coastal city in Ventura County, CA and received her B.S. in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Ecological Restoration from Cal Poly Humboldt. During her time as an undergraduate she has worked with Humboldt County Resource Conservation District on the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project in Fortuna, CA and Bureau of Land Management studying amphibians in Headwater Forest Reserve in Eureka, CA. Upon graduation she worked for the U.S. Forest Service in the Shasta-Trinity Forest restoring areas that have been affected by intense wildfires. Diedra?s research interests lie in ecological restoration and river ecology. Her thesis research explores the effectiveness of constructed log jams for stream restoration in Mill Creek, Redwood State and National Park.?