Jenna is a Doctor of Dental Medicine student and environmental advocate based in Boston. She is passionate about constructing sustainable health care systems that expand access to care while reducing the environmental pollution associated with treatment. She aspires to become a dentist and policymaker that tackles health inequities and environmental degradation simultaneously.
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.
Maddie Taylor is a disabled researcher studying climate change impacts on disabled communities, committed to producing work that centers disabled people as experts whose knowledge should inform climate adaptation.
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.
The Switzer Foundation was proud to present a collaborative panel with the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice focused on the impact of plastics from cradle to grave. Timnit Kefela moderated this conversation with emerging leaders in...
Kathryn Rodgers co-authored an op-ed in Public Health Post describing the public health implications of ICE, such as “facilitating disease transmission, deterring people from seeking care, and disrupting schools.” The authors conclude by...
Candice Youngblood was featured as one of six Earthjustice attorneys sharing their motivations to keep fighting for the planet and its people. The following is an excerpt from the original story here. “When Earthjustice attorney Candice...
Meredith Niles is bringing her interdisciplinary research focused on advancing sustainable food security and improving health, environmental, and rural livelihood outcomes in food systems, especially with rural communities, to Brown...
Jade will serve as the science liaison between the San Diego State University Hoh Lab and the Tribal Beneficial Uses Working Group of the San Diego Region. She will develop educational materials to engage tribal community members in setting new water quality objectives for San Diego waters to close data gaps and set standards to ensure the region’s waters are safe for subsistence fishing and other traditional activities.
