Fabian
Fabian Romo Macias (Board Member)
*Fabian was a PWM Board Member from 2021-2024
Yet another amazing PWM Alum from the Class of 2020, you'll be hard pressed to find a harder-working and bigger-hearted volunteer than Fabian. Fabian was a late-joiner to the PWM Family, only enrolling in the Museum Management class for the first time during his Junior year, but his impact for the next two years was felt immediately. As a docent, Fabian had an incredibly creative mind for presentations and, even more impressively, the discipline and initiative to self-research topics and create fun, interesting, and imaginative Ambassador Animal presentations to children of all ages.
Currently, Fabian is a student at SRJC and volunteers at the Museum as a docent supervisor on the weekends. He is currently working to build connections between the PWM and the myriad of associations and groups found in the Petaluma Downtown District. We are proud to have this wonderful young man back to help shape the future of our program in our community.
*Fabian was a PWM Board Member from 2021-2024
Yet another amazing PWM Alum from the Class of 2020, you'll be hard pressed to find a harder-working and bigger-hearted volunteer than Fabian. Fabian was a late-joiner to the PWM Family, only enrolling in the Museum Management class for the first time during his Junior year, but his impact for the next two years was felt immediately. As a docent, Fabian had an incredibly creative mind for presentations and, even more impressively, the discipline and initiative to self-research topics and create fun, interesting, and imaginative Ambassador Animal presentations to children of all ages.
Currently, Fabian is a student at SRJC and volunteers at the Museum as a docent supervisor on the weekends. He is currently working to build connections between the PWM and the myriad of associations and groups found in the Petaluma Downtown District. We are proud to have this wonderful young man back to help shape the future of our program in our community.
Rebecca
Rebecca Abrams (Collections Manager)
*Rebecca was a PWM Board Member from 2019-2024
Rebecca Abrams, taught middle school science for eight years in Novato Unified. She joined the Museum Board in 2019. Rebecca has brought an incredibly adept, specialized, and valuable tool-set to our Museum in the form of her many years of experience as a museum preparator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and in museum preparation at the California Academy of Sciences. Currently, Rebecca is earning her master's degree in Museum Sciences at San Francisco State University and has taken lead on the daunting task of exhibit and taxidermy curation at the PWM. Our museum has compiled over 30 years of donations and taxidermy and Rebecca has taken on the challenge of cataloguing our collections head-on; she's pretty awesome!
Rebecca appreciates the diverse opportunities and experiences that museums offer children and adults. In her personal life, she also enjoys an array of passions and interests spanning the worlds of ornithology, geology, baking, nature-based crafts, you name it! Though she loves the variety of animals both living and displayed at the PWM, the Greater Kudu is her favorite, and her favorite non-PWM museum is the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France. We at the PWM are lucky to have such a dedicated member and volunteer among our staff.
*Rebecca was a PWM Board Member from 2019-2024
Rebecca Abrams, taught middle school science for eight years in Novato Unified. She joined the Museum Board in 2019. Rebecca has brought an incredibly adept, specialized, and valuable tool-set to our Museum in the form of her many years of experience as a museum preparator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and in museum preparation at the California Academy of Sciences. Currently, Rebecca is earning her master's degree in Museum Sciences at San Francisco State University and has taken lead on the daunting task of exhibit and taxidermy curation at the PWM. Our museum has compiled over 30 years of donations and taxidermy and Rebecca has taken on the challenge of cataloguing our collections head-on; she's pretty awesome!
Rebecca appreciates the diverse opportunities and experiences that museums offer children and adults. In her personal life, she also enjoys an array of passions and interests spanning the worlds of ornithology, geology, baking, nature-based crafts, you name it! Though she loves the variety of animals both living and displayed at the PWM, the Greater Kudu is her favorite, and her favorite non-PWM museum is the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France. We at the PWM are lucky to have such a dedicated member and volunteer among our staff.
Julie
Julie Chang (Treasurer)
*Julie was a PWM Board Member from 2021-2023
Julie was inspired to join the Museum Board in Fall of '21 as she wanted to get involved in that "funny animal class that (her daughter) Sofia kept raving about!" So far, Julie has been a perfect fit and her work as Treasurer has been indispensable.
Julie has a background in fine arts as well as worked professionally (for most of her career) in the LA Unified School District as Director of Community Outreach. She loves all museums, especially the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and the National Air & Space Musuem. Currently, Julie is a stay-at-home parent and loves to give her time and support to Sofia and her passions. Julie also likes to plays tennis, cook (especially Korean and Korean influenced/inspired dishes), and her favorite animal is the manatee. Sirenians 4Ever!!!
*Julie was a PWM Board Member from 2021-2023
Julie was inspired to join the Museum Board in Fall of '21 as she wanted to get involved in that "funny animal class that (her daughter) Sofia kept raving about!" So far, Julie has been a perfect fit and her work as Treasurer has been indispensable.
Julie has a background in fine arts as well as worked professionally (for most of her career) in the LA Unified School District as Director of Community Outreach. She loves all museums, especially the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and the National Air & Space Musuem. Currently, Julie is a stay-at-home parent and loves to give her time and support to Sofia and her passions. Julie also likes to plays tennis, cook (especially Korean and Korean influenced/inspired dishes), and her favorite animal is the manatee. Sirenians 4Ever!!!