Monika Shankar is a PhD student in Environmental Health Science at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She graduated with a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of...
Déjà’s work focuses on managing the Center for Racial Equity at Work's programmatic priorities including strategic partnerships and research with the Southern California Black Worker Hub for Regional Organizing and the implementation of our...
Zully Juarez provides research and analysis of environmental justice policies to Just Solutions Collective. With the direction and input of BIPOC frontline policy practitioners, she works to identify, research, review, and analyze existing...
Teniope Adewumi-Gunn is currently a Science Fellow at NRDC focusing on the intersection of climate change and worker health. Her research looks for solutions to address the climate impacts faced by workers, with a focus on underserved...
Karen Díaz Ruvalcaba is a Park Planning Assistant for LA County Parks. In the Trails Planning Section, they focus on the expansion and maintenance of the department’s 240+ miles of multi-use trails. They deeply enjoy their work at LA County...
Dr. David Gonzalez is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School Medicine at UCLA. His current research investigates the impact of air pollution and e-cigarette exposure on lung inflammation...
Aaron Ordower serves as Senior Policy Deputy for Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Aaron staffs the councilmember on the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice and the Housing committees of City Council. Aaron’s portfolio...
R. Jisung Park is an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was an assistant professor at UCLA in the Department of Public Policy, where he held a joint appointment with the Fielding School of Public Health in...
Isella Ramirez (she/her/ella) is a Chicana urban planner, a seasoned facilitator, and capacity builder with 17 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining the Moving Forward Network, she was the Director of Community...
Mike works at the intersection of water, governance, and human systems, with a particular focus on helping people work together across difference, scale, and institutional boundaries. As a social scientist and facilitator, he is most...
