Speaker Bios
David B. Williams is an author, naturalist, and tour guide whose new book, Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound is a deep exploration of the stories of this beautiful waterway. He is also the author of the award-winning book Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography, as well as Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City and Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology. Williams is a Curatorial Associate at the Burke Museum. Follow him on Twitter @geologywriter.
Bianca Perla is the founder and director of Vashon Nature Center. She has a Ph.D. in Ecology from University of Washington, an MS in Animal Behavior from Northern Arizona University, and a BS in Earth Systems from Stanford University. For the past 25 years, Bianca has enjoyed working as a wildlife biologist in remote wilderness areas from Grand Canyon AZ to the River of No Return Wilderness, ID. She has also worked as an environmental educator in Yosemite National Park. Her passion for nature was sparked as a child with the license to roam the forests, beaches, and creeks of Vashon. Like the salmon, she returned home, spawned, luckily didn't die, and is thrilled to be back, raising her family, and doing work she loves in a community she holds dear.