Artie Valencia is the Flood & Land Restoration Manager for Restore the Delta. Artie was born in the Bay Area but was raised in Stockton for the majority of her life. She spent her childhood skipping rocks along the Delta and riding bikes down the levee path with her friends. Artie has a degree in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles. There, she worked on a variety of conservation projects and managed environmental and social justice clubs. In her time there, Artie organized countless fundraisers including but not limited to the Skirball fires, covid relief funds for immigrants and ocean conservation projects. She also studied abroad in Spain at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo for a year. Prior to college, she worked on water quality projects at the University of the Pacific and the Lawrence Livermore Lab. In her free time, she enjoys going to concerts, watching the latest movies, and writing fiction novels.

Email : Artie@restorethedelta.org