Short Biography
Dr. Annareli Morales is a first-generation, Mexican-American raised in a low-income, single parent home in Cicero, IL, USA. She earned her atmospheric science degrees from the University of Illinois, Colorado State University, and the University of Michigan. She has supported field campaigns with education and outreach in Argentina and published research on applying cultural communication styles to engage Hispanic and Latinx adults as an NCAR Advanced Studies Program postdoctoral fellow. Annareli worked as a research scientist with the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science researching precipitation over mountains and the physical processes involved with cloud and precipitation development. She is now the air quality policy analyst for the Weld County Department of Public and Environmental Health in Colorado. She's active in the American Meteorological Society and consistently champions inclusion and language justice initiatives. Annareli advocates for neurodiversity, inclusion, mental health, bilingual science communication, and “K-to-Gray” education and outreach in atmospheric sciences.
Research interests: Mesoscale and microscale meteorology, mountain meteorology, atmospheric rivers, urban flooding, Mexican midsummer droughts and precipitation variability, and bilingual science communication.
Research interests: Mesoscale and microscale meteorology, mountain meteorology, atmospheric rivers, urban flooding, Mexican midsummer droughts and precipitation variability, and bilingual science communication.