Welcome to Our New Communications Coordinator

Posted February 1, 2012 by Indy Quillen. Categories: News, DPC News

The Desert Protective Council is delighted to welcome our new Communications Coordinator, Indy Quillen. Indy will be managing our web site, blog and social network pages, as well as editing our quarterly El Paisano newsletter and online E-Paisano.

Indy’s background has been rich with the love of nature, Native American culture, and respect for our environment since childhood. Her pursuits have included organic gardening, owning and running a natural food store, bird watching, camping and hiking, wildlife photography and artwork, botanical illustration and greeting card illustrations with nature themes. She recently finished her first novel, which her NY agent is submitting for publication. The story’s protagonist is a modern day Native American tracker/survivalist.

When Indy first arrived in San Diego in 1995, it didn’t take her long to miss the quiet countryside of the Midwest, where she spent her childhood and early adult life. With her first trek into the desert, she immediately became enamored with the solitude, the quiet, the majestic landscapes, and the tenacity of the native plants. She found these new smells, sights and sounds fascinating and enriching.

During the process of learning how to market her writing via social media, Indy developed her own social media management company, Media Fast Lanes. Indy now eagerly looks forward to using her social media skills to help further DPC’s mission: to promote awareness of the beauty, importance and fragility of the desert environment, highlight solutions toward protecting and preserving it for future generations, informing the public about DPC’s projects, and developing broad support for the organization.

Indy welcomes your feedback, and would like to encourage you to offer suggestions for articles for El Paisano, and pass along notices of special desert events and meetings to post, along with photos for our desert gallery. You can email her at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)