Cid is involved in a number initiatives for advancing urban ecology curriculum and implementing leadership programs for recruiting and retaining undergraduate women and minorities in ecology. She helped establish Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS), an award-winning mentorship program for minority undergraduate students. She was also one of the founding members of Gender and Minority Affairs Committee and the chair from 1991-1994. She helped to write the first report on Women and Under-represented Groups in Ecology (WAMIE) which encouraged the widespread implementation of programs and curriculum to increase recruitment and retention of women and minorities in ecology.
