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Email: joseph.trujillo@noaa.gov
In a modern world, science can be an intelligible language for all, and with my work, I am evolving how risk is communicated to underserved groups across our nation.
I conduct bilingual risk and crisis communication research at the Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, in partnership with the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and the NWS Storm Prediction Center. More specifically, I examine how U.S. Spanish speakers receive, understand, and respond to extreme weather and climate hazards.
My research has contributed to significant policy and operational advances across NOAA. Working alongside translation teams within the NWS, I have created standard Spanish-language risk terminology for governmental agencies and helped automate weather Wireless Emergency Alerts in Spanish for the American public. For my innovative contributions in the field of risk communication, I was awarded the 2022 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Award for Early Career Professional Achievement.
Beyond the research landscape, I am a 2-time Telly award-winning bilingual meteorologist at MyRadar and create Spanish-language weather stories that reach international audiences. The journey for a Weather Ready Nation for all is only beginning; join me!
“And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long.”
— Mary Church Terrell
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