New England

Leslie is an ecologist, educator, and naturalist studying wild pollinators in Vermont. Before moving to Vermont, Leslie studied wild pollinators in Costa Rican forests and coffee farms, Minnesota prairies, and the urban wilds of Boston. She is also a Vermont Master Naturalist and serves on the Vermont Pollinator Working Group steering committee.

Jasmine Lamb is a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point and a current PhD Candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Maine. Jasmine has worked in environmental justice for Wabanaki Tribal Nations and founded the Sipayik Resilience Committee to support citizen-led tribal resilience initiatives, including increasing access to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology and other climate resilience actions.

Thomas Hyo-min King is an environmental designer and urbanist from rural Nova Scotia, Canada. His work focuses on strategies for delivering building rehabilitations and energy infrastructure that improve extant living conditions while reinforcing energetic and economic democracy among disinvested building populations.

Jenna Mu is a dental student and environmental health advocate based in Boston. Jenna aspires to become both a dentist and policymaker who tackles health inequities and environmental degradation simultaneously.

Yadira Silva Rios is a first generation doctoral student, youngest daughter of Ecuadorian immigrants, born and raised on Staten Island, NY. Growing up fishing and clamming, gardening, and cooking up feasts for her family drew her to a career in food. With her PhD, she is exploring how sustainable food futures are defined within environmental sciences, and how the Latin American and diaspora experience may be misrepresented within it. She hopes to encourage the use of community-led definitions of sustainable food futures.

Justin Saint-Loubert-Bie is third year student at Yale Law School, where he is a student director of the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic, and was a co-president of the Yale Environmental Law Association and co-chair for the 2026 New Directions in Environmental Law Conference. Justin is interested in working at the intersection of environmental and Tribal issues, and particularly on questions that touch on land use and the clean energy transition.

Charlston Britton is an architect, and RISD Presidential Fellow from New Orleans whose work is deeply shaped by the legacy of Hurricane Katrina. Pursuing a Master of Design in Adaptive Reuse with a concentration in Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies, his work and research explore the intersection of craft and resilience through spatial interventions.

Destiny Dynella Treloar is a proud first-generation Nicaragüense woman from Miami. She is fiercely committed to advocating for the well-being of Latine communities, addressing the structural drivers of nutritional insecurity, and developing meaningful solutions to modulate environmental health disparities in her home communities. Destiny is a PhD candidate at the Yale School of Environment.

Mica Caine is the co-founder of Helix, a circular fashion marketplace focused on keeping clothing, care, and stories in motion within local communities. A Central Ohio native, Mica’s work is deeply rooted in place and relationships, spanning circular economy, community-led climate resilience, and decentralized energy systems.