May 2017 - September 2107

Tropical Conservation Intern

In May of 2017, I had the honor to have been selected by the School of Environment, Arts, and Society as one of the twenty “Tropical Conservation” research interns. I worked alongside Dr. Cara Rockwell and the Miami Education Fund to document the importance and impact of having fresh accessible vegetation. Throughout this internship, I visited seven different elementary schools around South Florida to determine whether they were categorized as “food desserts” per the FDA’s definition. I then recorded the significance of their “food forests” by mapping perimeters and species with a global positioning system. This internship experience taught me the importance of community environmental efficiency and sustainability.