Working for diversity
For Rocci Aguirre, being a person of color in the Adirondacks is a different experience from others.
“The Adirondacks is a place where, it’s not that it doesn’t feel welcoming, (but) there are times when walking around I feel something,” he said. “I can’t always put a finger to it….
“I always say that that feeling is just a further explanation of what we need to work on.”
Aguirre, director of conservation at the Adirondack Council, is on a team looking to change this experience for people of
