Estrella is a Sociocultural Anthropology undergraduate student at the School of General Studies (G.S.) at Columbia University, a fellow with the G.S. Program for Academic Leadership and Service, former board member of the First-Generation Student Advisory Board, GS Student Representative on the Columbia Sustainable Leaders Network committee, and is committed to the exchange of knowledge and collaboration with peers on projects regarding critical sustainability. Prior to matriculating at Columbia, she obtained an Associate Degree in Sociology, volunteered for and was employed as a community organizer for groups ranging in focus from environmental health to worker's rights. These projects sharpened her interests in the interdisciplinary approach to the issue of climate change. Estrella hopes to someday obtain a PhD and an eventual professorship, or a career in journalism and/or law.

Alex is a a junior at Columbia University in New York City, with a major in Sustainable Development. He is from Oakland, OR. He goes to college a long way from the Oregon farm that has been in his family for seven generations. Alex started a Climate Change Club at Roseburg High School, started the League of Umpqua Climate Youth (“LUCY”), and has lobbied his state legislators to pass comprehensive climate legislation. Alex has also conducted extensive research for the Children's trust lawsuit, including uncovering President John F. Kennedy's knowledge of human-caused climate change. Check our more here: https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/alex/

Abigail Stickney is originally from Spokane, Washington. Now in the Dual BA Program with Sciences Po, she is completing a major in East Asian Languages and Cultures. She believes every person can and must care deeply for the future of the Earth and our interchange with our planet. Only by working together can we make lasting change.