| David Nuñez |
Down but not out, he moved to the Caribbean coast, where he found employment working for a small non-
profit in Quintana Roo. Swimming with sea turtles and rays every morning before work was very therapeutic
and he highly recommends it. With a couple of friends he eventually founded his own environmental non-
profit, www.mexiconservacion.org, to which he dedicates his free time. Being a certified translator, he tried
earning a living translating real estate contracts. Though successful, he found the work to be soulcrushing
and tedious.
So instead he is trying to make a living as something of a naturalist. He has written two wildlife guidebooks
and hopes that the latest electronic version will finally turn a profit. In the meantime he wouldn’t mind being
offered a job. He´s been a grantwriter, a bartender, a data entry clerk, a lab technician, a manager, a teacher, a
writer, a researcher, a fruit vendor and a public speaker. He´s run a darkroom, managed a volunteer program,
designed & built exhibits, investigated pesticide poisonings, taught English as a second language, documented
nesting sea turtles, taught High School science, set up a water quality lab, worked as a waiter, spliced genes,
and operated an electron microscope. He enjoys photography and windsurfing, has recently studied massage
and is currently learning Korean acupuncture.
Seriously, he could use a job.
profit in Quintana Roo. Swimming with sea turtles and rays every morning before work was very therapeutic
and he highly recommends it. With a couple of friends he eventually founded his own environmental non-
profit, www.mexiconservacion.org, to which he dedicates his free time. Being a certified translator, he tried
earning a living translating real estate contracts. Though successful, he found the work to be soulcrushing
and tedious.
So instead he is trying to make a living as something of a naturalist. He has written two wildlife guidebooks
and hopes that the latest electronic version will finally turn a profit. In the meantime he wouldn’t mind being
offered a job. He´s been a grantwriter, a bartender, a data entry clerk, a lab technician, a manager, a teacher, a
writer, a researcher, a fruit vendor and a public speaker. He´s run a darkroom, managed a volunteer program,
designed & built exhibits, investigated pesticide poisonings, taught English as a second language, documented
nesting sea turtles, taught High School science, set up a water quality lab, worked as a waiter, spliced genes,
and operated an electron microscope. He enjoys photography and windsurfing, has recently studied massage
and is currently learning Korean acupuncture.
Seriously, he could use a job.
David Nuñez is Guadalajara native with degrees in Biology, Molecular
Genetics and Public Health from Texas, Chicago and Harvard. Upon
returning to Mexico over a decade ago, the professional advice he
received included such gems as “take that off your resume” and “go back
the US and work as a waiter- you´ll make more money and be much
happier”. He ignored the sages and eventually landed a job as Director
of Genetic Epidemiology with the National Institute of Public Health. It
was a disastrously brief stint during which he spent his first week
simply trying to accept the job. The following month was spent
obtaining an office with no desk, followed by a desk with no computer,
and a computer without internet. This was capped by a week of arguing
with his boss over the usefulness and ethics of his first assignment:
using the 50,000 samples in the DNA bank to construct a racial profile of
the Mexican population. He then spent the next two months simply
trying to resign. To this day he does not know whether or not he
finally did, and suspects someone may still be collecting his paychecks.
Genetics and Public Health from Texas, Chicago and Harvard. Upon
returning to Mexico over a decade ago, the professional advice he
received included such gems as “take that off your resume” and “go back
the US and work as a waiter- you´ll make more money and be much
happier”. He ignored the sages and eventually landed a job as Director
of Genetic Epidemiology with the National Institute of Public Health. It
was a disastrously brief stint during which he spent his first week
simply trying to accept the job. The following month was spent
obtaining an office with no desk, followed by a desk with no computer,
and a computer without internet. This was capped by a week of arguing
with his boss over the usefulness and ethics of his first assignment:
using the 50,000 samples in the DNA bank to construct a racial profile of
the Mexican population. He then spent the next two months simply
trying to resign. To this day he does not know whether or not he
finally did, and suspects someone may still be collecting his paychecks.