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Description: Ana K. Celis is an Archaeologist working in the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of caves in southern Mexico. In 2022, she founded Karst Lab Mexico, to provide local assistance to small-scale communities regarding the management and conservation of tourist caves. As a Maintainers Fellow, Ana will integrate the idea of rock formation repair into cave maintenance. This effort will focus on the mineral deposits called speleothems, which are constantly threatened by development and human activities. Ana has partnered with the Cave Formation Repair Project (CFRP), a U.S.-base movement originated in 1986, to foster repair practices in the caves of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. In August 2024, Ana became a Fulbright Scholar (Hubert H. Humphrey Program) hosted at UC Davis from where she is currently fostering international collaborations to advance the management and conservation of Mexican caves.