Dara M. Wilson

Dara M. Wilson is a naturalist, science educator, and co-chair of the Black Birders Week Advisory Group. She has been awarded the 2022-2023 Vanguard Fellow by the Cecil Corbin-Mark Vanguard Fellowship program. She has also worked with the Smithsonian Institution to raise awareness of Black Birders Week.

Career Wilson studied international development. She worked for the Bolivian organization, Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi. In 2020, Wilson was an instructor for a program called "Tots and Trails." Wilson has spoken out about her experience as a Black woman birder and participated in the first ever Black Birder Week in 2020 after the Central Park birdwatching incident.

Wilson was named as 2022-2023 Vanguard Fellow by the Cecil Corbin-Mark Vanguard Fellowship, which describes itself as a green leadership trust program.