Environmental & Social Justice

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Zeltzin Angon Gonzalez

2023 Fellow
Zeltzin hopes to continue to create resilient, healthy cities by finding the connecting points between the built and natural environment through a lens of design, geospatial analysis, and participatory planning.
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Patrick Houston

2023 Fellow
Patrick works with Green Building United as the Campaign Manager for the Housing Equity, Repair, and Electrification for Climate Justice coalition. He helps guide the coalition's efforts to advance affordable home repair and electrification...
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Sebastian Moreno

2023 Fellow
In an increasingly urbanizing world, Sebastian aims for his work to increase science and nature accessibility for historically marginalized and excluded communities, which will ultimately help in the conservation of our natural environment.
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Vida Sanchez

2023 Fellow
Vida dreams of self-determined Black, Indigenous, and/or migrant farmworker communities providing the human right to safe and affordable access to clean water, air, food, and shelter for all in California’s Central Valley and beyond.
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Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez

2023 Fellow
Water justice policy expert with experience in legislation, research, non-profit work, and advocacy in communities of color and Indigenous communities.
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Kenzo Esquivel

2023 Fellow
Kenzo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab researching the potential for enhanced rock weathering to sequester carbon on working lands. He obtained his PhD at UC Berkeley where he researched the barriers that...
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Darcey Evans

2023 Fellow
Darcey examines the politics and ecological consequences of Atlantic salmon aquaculture. In particular, she focuses on the spread of salmon viruses to describe how salmon aquaculture can have harmful social and environmental effects beyond farm boundaries.
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DeNarae Stewart

2023 Fellow
DeNarae investigates factors influencing the consumption of hair care products in Black communities and strives to facilitate the equitable transfer of information and resources needed to create and promote viable, sustainable consumption efforts in underrepresented communities.
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Cielo Sharkus

2023 Fellow
Cielo earned her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research is focused on hydrodynamic modeling, spatial analysis, and risk assessment tools to study exposure and adaptation to...
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Claudia Diezmartínez

2023 Fellow
Claudia studies how cities across the United States are designing, financing, and implementing policies that serve not only to mitigate or adapt to climate change, but also to improve social justice in urban communities.