Nominated by Kerry M. Byrne and Alison O’Dowd

Rosebelle has excelled in research as an undergraduate, most notably through a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) internship in Costa Rica during the summer of 2019. Her research was in conjunction with the Organization for Tropical Studies and explored the effects of beehive ginger (Zingiber spectabile) on leaf litter arthropods across forest types at Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica. Rosebelle conducted the field and lab research, performed data analysis, and then presented her findings at a research symposium at Humboldt State University in September 2019 and at the “Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM '' in Washington D.C. in February 2020.

Rosebelle has exhibited professional commitment to her chosen professional field of natural resources management through community service and engagement. She is a long-term volunteer for California State Parks, participating in multiple invasive species removal efforts at local State Parks including Patrick’s Point, Trinidad, and Azalea Reserve alongside other volunteers from the HSU Natural Resources campus club and North Coast Land Trust. Rosebelle exhibits professional commitment to the STEM fields through her role as the senior student mentor for the HSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP). In this role, she promotes the LSAMP program to freshmen and sophomore STEM students, and mentors students in LSAMP involved in STEM disciplines to pursue pathways to STEM graduate programs.

Rosebelle is the co-founder of the HSU chapter of the Pi Epsilon National Honors Society on campus, for which she also created a club. Rosebelle noticed two years ago that there were many majors with Honors Societies, but there was not one within her chosen major (Environmental Science and Management). Rosebelle has accomplished a great deal in terms of academics and research, despite what some might consider potential hardships. She emigrated from the Philippines with her family to Hawaii when she was a school-aged child. Her family settled in Hawaii, where she quickly learned English and integrated into Hawaiian culture. Despite the potential challenge of landing in a new country with an unknown language, Rosebelle has excelled, serving as an inspiration for us all.