Seeing illegal gold mines despoil remote Ecuadorian forests helped me to understand what happened to Pittsburgh — and to appreciate what we still have.
Dalia Maeroff
Dalia Maeroff is an editorial intern. She is a Pittsburgh native graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 2023. She studies psychology, Latin American studies, linguistics, English literature and nonfiction writing. In her free time, she loves to hike and travel.

