Environmental & Public Health

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Lucia Calderon

2020 Fellow
Lucia Calderon (she/her) is an environmental health researcher with a focus on cardiovascular and cognitive outcomes among women in historically marginalized communities. Lucia is Research Data Analyst III at University of California, San...
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Jade Johnson

2020 Fellow
Jade Johnson describes herself as an environmental chemist, currently specializing in the detection and analysis of a broad range of trace organic contaminants detected in various environmental matrices using a comprehensive two-dimensional...
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Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz

2020 Fellow
Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz is an interdisciplinary social scientist and writer based in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. His participatory and applied work explores the social dimensions of food systems, in relation to climate adaptation and public health outcomes, in the context of disasters and natural hazards.
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Monika Shankar

2020 Fellow
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...
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Juan Reynoso

2019 Fellow
Juan Reynoso is an urban planner and public health professional who specializes in health equity and environmental justice. He has a diverse range of experience in healthy communities planning across the public, private, and non-profit...
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Kelly McClure

2019 Fellow
Kelly McClure (she/her/hers) is an incoming Heyman Public Interest Fellow at the White House, where she will serve as a Special Assistant within the Executive Office of the President. In May of 2021, Kelly will receive her Juris Doctor...
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Lourdes Vera

2019 Fellow
Lourdes Vera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Department of Environment and Sustainability at UB. As an environmental sociologist and civic scientist, she works with communities living near oil and gas...
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Anna Robuck

2019 Fellow
Dr. Anna Ruth Robuck is an environmental chemist and oceanographer studying chemical and plastic pollution as a Chemist with the US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development.
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José Guadalupe Gutierrez

2019 Fellow
José Guadalupe Gutierrez is community organizer and landscape designer passionate about park equity and working with communities to expand access to parks, open spaces, tree shade, and recreational opportunities to all. Jose served as a...
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Isa Gaillard

2019 Fellow
City planner with extensive experience overseeing capacity building, sustainable transportation, and environmental justice projects.