Environmental & Social Justice

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Aaron Maruzzo

2021 Fellow
Aaron Maruzzo is a MPH graduate from the Environmental Health Sciences department at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He joined UC Berkeley after three years of working as the Water Lab Analyst for the municipal water company in the U.S...
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Josh Greene

2021 Fellow
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Josh studied Architecture at Arizona State University which laid a foundation of utilizing local materials, and imprinted the importance of designing for social impact. In 2017, Josh joined MASS Design...
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Timnit Kefela

2021 Fellow
Timnit Kefela is an environmental scientist, organizer and educator who seeks to better understand (micro)plastic pathways, fates and impacts in effort to inform and design liberatory infrastructural solutions for pollution mitigation and...
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Clara Fang

2021 Fellow
Clara Fang works to empower traditionally marginalized people in climate advocacy, including people of color and young people. She is the founder of Green Tara Consulting, an organization that supports individuals and organizations working...
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Grant Gutierrez

2021 Fellow
Grant Gutierrez is an applied environmental and climate justice expert, drawing on work across community-based research, public policy, and direct climate advocacy. He currently works on the environmental justice dimensions of ecological restoration as a tool for both climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Meghna N. Marjadi

2021 Fellow
Meghna a postdoctoral fellow studying offshore wind and fisheries interactions. She also has experience with anadromous fish biology, climate impacts, food security, and environmental justice. Meghna is also passionate about equity for professionals in environmental fields.
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Diana Fu

2021 Fellow
Diana currently supports programs in public engagement and equity at the San Francisco Estuary Partnership.
Fellow Story

Golden co-authors paper on how more inclusive lab meetings lead to better science

The paper seeks to help scientists structure their lab-group meetings so that they are more inclusive, more productive and, ultimately, lead to better science.
June 8, 2021
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Vera receives ASA award for outstanding publication

Lourdes Vera is the winner of the 2021 Robert Boguslaw Award for her lead role in the publication “When Data Justice and Environmental Justice Meet: Formulating a Response to Extractive Logic Through Environmental Data Justice” published in 2019 in Information, Communication & Society. Vera is a 2019 Switzer Fellow, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University, and a member of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI).
June 8, 2021
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Vaquero receives Equal Justice Works Fellowship

Idalmis Vaquero will defend the environmental and housing rights of Black and Latinx families impacted by industrial lead contamination in East and Southeast Los Angeles.
May 26, 2021