Leading to Protect Communities: Joseph Trujillo-Falcón | University of Oklahoma

Joseph Trujillo-Falcón saw a need in his community and set out for the University of Oklahoma to ensure its place in the world. As an immigrant growing up in Lima, Peru and growing up in Dallas/Ft. Worth where extreme weather is no stranger, Trujillo-Falcón realized that any severe weather warnings and coverage were only communicated in English and not Spanish. This fueled his passion to build a new emergency alert system for communities similar to his during his childhood. Trujillo-Falcón's leadership within the Ph.D program at the Department of Communication and the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and the National Weather Center is helping pave the way for better extreme weather communication.
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