Krista Schlyer is a conservation photographer and writer living in the Washington, DC area. For the past decade she has documented the rich biodiversity of the United States-Mexico borderlands and the impacts of U.S. border policy on the region. She is the author of Continental Divide: Wildlife, People and the Border Wall, winner of the 2013 National Outdoor Book Award and Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography. You can see more of her work at KristaSchlyer.com.