Krystal Toney
Krystal Monique Toney is a Ph.D. student in environmental science at the University of North Texas. Her graduate work focuses on the disparities in access to conservation education and nature amongst Black and low socioeconomic students and the preservation of Black ecological knowledge in Texas. During her undergraduate career, she utilized camera traps to build a photographic archive of animals living at the Trinity River Audubon Center and used these images to foster human-nature relationships within her community. She hosted groups of volunteers, led hikes and engaged in conversations related to conservation education. She created Black In Nature as an attempt to share her knowledge, creativity and love for nature while, simultaneously, encouraging other Black/POC to love and embrace our beautiful and natural world.