Making a difference.
Determined to drive progress on environmental causes, I have co-authored and published a children’s book in three languages raising awareness about plastic pollution and encouraging daily sustainable practices.
I also serve as a mentor to other student authors, a speaker to youth organizations, and a leader of my school’s environmental club.
I partner with the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, D.C., schools, and other non-profit organizations to educate youth on how to take action to better the environment.
What’s on my mind:
My research, under the guidance of Dr. James Truncer, explores how microplastics affect water systems and have a disproportionate impact on underprivileged communities.
Ambitions in action.
This past summer, I developed curriculums for Washington, D.C., and Indonesian high school students, working together to create and implement waste management reduction plans in their schools and neighborhoods that achieve measurable impact.
The goal of the project was to show how local environmental efforts, happening at the same time at opposite ends of the planet, can have a real impact on the environment.
Reading List
This Reading List is a compilation of published works in the field of environmental science and environmental justice that I am using to further develop her understanding and critical thinking in the aforementioned fields. As I’m tackling this list, I will be blogging about these pieces in my Blog and offering my insights.
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
A Sand County Almanac
Aldo Leopold
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
Jeff Goddell
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Elizabeth Kolbert
Dumping in Dixie
Robert D. Bullard
The Intersectional Environmentalist
Leah Thomas
Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility
Dorceta E. Taylor
As Long as Grass Grows
Dina Gilio-Whitaker
There’s Something in the Water
Ingrid Waldron
Poor Water Quality’s Impact in the Food Industry: Governor’s School Research
The UN’s ‘High Seas Treaty’: historic global agreement on protecting oceans
Disparities in Access to Nutritious Food: Food Deserts