A nutritionist by training, Cynthia Wilson (Diné) centers her research on interdisciplinary approaches to Indigenous environmental health, kinship mobility, and Diné foodways. Since 2016, she co-led community-based traditional foods program and ancestral lands advocacy at Bears Ears National Monument.
Hasibe Caballero-Gómez is an environmental health scientist and community advocate. Driven by her lived experiences and a vision of equity, she combines research with grassroots engagement to create meaningful, inclusive solutions for environmental challenges.
Alicia Arrington recently joined Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) as a staff attorney working in their environmental justice program. "I'm very excited to be back helping grassroots organizers in the environmental justice space -...
Later this year, Christine Wilkinson will start her “dream job” as the Assistant Curator of Community Science at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM). "I'm looking forward to building upon the amazing work of the museum's...
“The real magic of the fellowship is the network,” Selena Rowan says. “Fellows have helped me grow my work, and I’ve already been able to support others in return. It has connected me with scholars and professionals across the nation and the globe.”
The Just Cities Institute advances racial justice in public policy and urban planning through transformative models of participatory and community-based design.
“Despite the weight of this moment, history has shown us that survival depends on working together—and doing it well. Collaboration is not just necessary; it is a liberatory act."
Each year, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) “honors several individuals and groups who use science to improve the world and help people, including those who have taken a stand to protect science and scientists from political or other...
Following the Los Angeles fires, Chelsea Kirk launched The Rent Brigade: “a collective of tenant organizers, advocates, web programmers, designers, researchers, and other Angelenos using data to fight back against predatory landlords”...
