Lynn Hernandez is young Guatemalan woman committed to forest restoration and conservation linked to communities. She applies her expertise in agricultural Engineer in Renewable Natural Resources at the Private Institute for Climate Change Research (ICC in Spanish), and at the GLFx South Guatemala chapter. She holds extensive experience in research development focused on sustainability, production unit diversification, community organization processes, academic interlinking of transdisciplinary groups and more. Her experience and academic network include Guatemala and Mexico. She also helped create an advisory platform for groups of vulnerable sectors, small producers, communities, and institutions on restoration and landscape management. Lynn’s work has leveraged inter-institutional spaces and mid-scale actions that strengthen territorial governance.