Maya Batres (she/her) is a Project Manager for Energy and Land Use in The Nature Conservancy. She focuses on regulatory and policy issues related to conservation and clean energy infrastructure planning. In her time with TNC she’s worked in climate policy in DC, and natural resource policy in MN, SD, ND. Pre-TNC she worked in public interest law, is the recipient of an Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship, and an AmeriCorps VISTA alumni. Maya earned her J.D. (Energy and Environmental Law) and her B.A. (Spanish Studies, African American Studies, Political Science) from the University of Minnesota. Maya is Guatemalan-American and speaks Spanish and English.