Our Team
CAMPUS CORRESPONDENTS
The MCS Campus Correspondents are dedicated to gathering climate stories and promoting climate literacy on college campuses accross North America!
In 2024, twelve carefully chosen correspondents joined forces with MCS to collect and compile personal perspectives on climate change. These correspondents not only amplify voices from their communities but also advocate for administrative and policy actions to enhance resources for climate literacy in higher education.
Maria Villarreal
Campus Correspondents Project Creator
Maria is a Penn student from Tampico, Mexico. Her research interests engage with environmental conservation and how we can mobilize a cultural shift to implement the necessary policies to create a sustainable and environmentally just society. For her, this project is an opportunity to contribute to environmental conservation and listen to others’ climate stories.
Maria says: I joined the My Climate Story team because it’s an opportunity to contribute to environmental conservation and listen to others’ climate stories. And because I believe climate education is key to creating well-rounded students that can be proactive and protect our ecosystems in their adult life.
Ingrid Anderson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ingrid is from Madison, Wisconsin and a senior studying Conservation Biology and Environmental Sciences. She believes that her generation’s actions will solely determine the future of our planet. Outside of learning about the natural world, she enjoys spending time in nature, thrifting, and hanging out with her cat, Blade!
Sydney Coldren
Rice University
Sydney Coldren (she/her) is a senior at Rice University, where she studies anthropology and environmental studies. She is passionate about finding the productive intersections between care and ecology and using her research to advocate for a more equitable future. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her friends.
Julia Morgan
Brigham Young University
Julia Morgan is an intersectional, interdisciplinary, curious person. She’s double majoring in Product Design and Humanities at Brigham Young University, with a minor in Global Environmental Studies, and loves anything in or related to the outdoors. She believes in the importance of conversations about climate change, and is excited to help create opportunities to engage.
Georgia Myles
University of Victoria
Georgia Myles, a 4th-year Environmental Studies and Geography student at the University of Victoria, is rooted in the natural beauty of Vancouver Island, situated on the traditional unceded land of the Songhees Nation and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. Driven by the firsthand impact of climate change, I’m dedicated to sustainability, passionate about creating positive environmental change.
McKenna Norton
Cornell University
McKenna Norton is a Cornell student passionate about literature, translation, ecology, and using storytelling to confront the climate crisis. As an Asian Studies major and independent researcher, she focuses on the Sinosphere and Latin America. In her free time, McKenna enjoys rock climbing and running!
Keithlyn M. Pagán
Universidad Interamericana de Arecibo
Keithlyn M. Pagán, is a student currently at UIPR with a major in Biological Sciences, and prospect to a minor in Aerospace Engineering. She is the Vice-president of a student organization called OCO (Ocean Conservation Org.) which focuses on improving the ways that the systems in Puerto Rico, handle the problem of climate; while creating opportunities where communities can also participate in making a change by collaborating with nonprofit organizations.
Seema Parmar
University of Pennsylvania
Seema Parmar is a first year undergraduate student at Penn studying mathematical economics and environmental studies. She is passionate about creating just and sustainable economic systems, as well as advocating against environmental injustices in Philadelphia. Seema hopes to help spread awareness about local climate impacts through the My Climate Story project.
Isabella Checa Ramia
Princeton University
Isa is a junior at Princeton majoring in Geosciences with minors in Environmental Studies and Journalism. An international student from Quito, Ecuador, she understands the importance of conserving its ecosystems, and intersectional environmental justice. Hearing stories from those affected by climate change helped her realize the importance of taking action; she aims to keep sharing personal experiences with MCS Campus Correspondents. In her free time she loves playing guitar and being outdoors.
Carly Steckling
Arizona State University
Carly studies Environmental Science at ASU. Her aim is to help Phoenix residents share their climate stories to archive the changing environment at a personal level. Dissecting global issues into local impacts can make the bigger picture a lot easier to understand.
Shawn Swiatkowski
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Shawn Swiatkowski is an engineering major with a passion for advocacy, representation, and education. He loves to read, run, and travel the world. “Thank you for letting me be a part of your climate literacy journey!”
Hedy Yang
Brandeis University
Hedy Yang (she/her) is a sophomore studying Economics, Environmental Studies, and Journalism at Brandeis University. She is passionate about telling stories about the intersection of economics and the environment, and hopes to shift the narrative around climate change from one that is disempowering and often polarizing to one that allows us to build connected and resilient communities.
Declan Zupo
University of Oregon
Declan Zupo is studying Political Science and Environmental Studies with a minor in philosophy at the University of Oregon. He is also a current Environmental Justice and DucksRise Fellow working on community organizing and food sovereignty. Outside of his University life, he is a server, a cyclist, and a skateboarder.
Sharing Climate Stories from across North America
