Jesús M. García

Research Associate, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum & Education Specialist, Mission Garden

Jesús M. García was born and raised in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, México. he has been associated with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Since 1991. Jesús is a Desert Ecologist and Ethnobotanist and serves as a Conservation Research Associate. He has been Director of the Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project for almost 20 years. He is also a vice-chair board member and collaborator of Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace and the Mission Garden for over a decade. His many interests include conservation biology, art, cultural ecology, regional languages, music and desert gardening.