Rodrigo G. Pinto works as an Urban Fishing Coordinator with the Fisheries Division in the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP). This position coordinates a Community Fishing Waters program (formerly Urban Fishing program), teams up with a CT Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program; and works to eliminate under-representation and under-service of such groups as African American, Asian, Female, Latin@, LGBTIQA+, and Southeast Asian fishers. He joined the CT DEEP after working as a Connecticut Watershed Manager with the Housatonic Valley Association, where his duties also included service on the Water Subcommittee of the Connecticut Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Council (CEEJAC). Earlier, Rodrigo worked for the environment with the Connecticut River Conservancy, Roaring Brook Nature Center, Connecticut River Museum, and Worldwatch Institute. He also worked for a more beloved community in terms of race/ethnicity, gender and/or sexual orientation with the Stowe Center for Literary Activism (formerly Harriet Beecher Stowe Center), two civic associations that remedy an ethno-racially disproportionate mass incarceration, and Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) in two staff positions including one as an academic probation advisor for students of color. Rodrigo researched and taught matters such as environmental justice with ECSU, Michigan State University, and the University of Maryland—where he also ‘Ph.inisheD.’ a (doctoral) degree in Government and Politics with international and environmental politics as his two specialties. He completed an Oceanography graduate certificate in the Tenure of Tropical Coastal Environments at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil) as well as an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics at the University of Richmond.