OUTREACH
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for destruction. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.”
Public Engagement & Communication
My leadership and outreach is rooted in a belief that science is not only a tool for understanding the world, but a form of world-building, turning evidence into responsibility and knowledge into collective power. As a researcher, I work to make environmental research accessible and collaborative by bridging academic knowledge with the lived expertise of communities most impacted by environmental change Across community-engaged projects and public-facing science communication, I aim to translate research in ways that are both evidence-based and emotionally resonant, grounded in the belief that the most meaningful climate action emerges when we learn and create alongside one another. At its core, this work is guided by a simple commitment: knowledge should be shared, not gatekept, because brilliance lives in the streets and soul lives in the academic space, and when we bring them together, the stories we tell become the futures we’re able to inhabit.
CLIMATE FUTURES STUDIO
“Art involves the imagination, and if we believe that revolutions are possible, we have to be able to imagine different modes of being, different ways of existing in society, different social relations”
Climate Futures Studio is a youth-led cultural organizing initiative that centers the perspectives and expertise of historically excluded communities to strengthen narrative power in the climate justice movement by shaping our collective imagination toward optimistic climate futures. Nearly all of the stories surrounding the future of climate change circle the same unsettling truth: not only does the evidence of the climate crisis feel grim, but so too do the futures most often imagined for us. The world built for us is often the consequence of a select few corporate and political actors, where the dystopian futures we are conditioned to expect are framed as inevitable and beyond our power to change. Climate Futures Studio emerged from a shared refusal of surrender, asking instead: What would it look like to run toward the future, not away from it? What if climate justice narratives centered the people who have been calling for change all along, and what if we imagined coalitions of people succeeding in shaping a just transition and the world we want to live in?
Climate Futures Studio focuses on climate communication that moves beyond statistics and acronyms toward one that engages smell, sound, texture, memory, and feeling; that resonates as much as it informs. Using storytelling as a tool for grassroots organizing, we create participatory exhibitions, workshops, and public conversations around climate justice. In this space, knowledge systems long excluded lead the way, and art, science, and storytelling become the tools for building a future worth running toward, together. Climate Storytelling 2075, our flagship six-month program, supports emerging artists, scientists, and storytellers to envision and design climate futures through the lens of their lived experiences, paired with training in science communication, mentorship, peer learning, and public engagement. The Studio brings together interdisciplinary cohorts working across multidisciplinary and multimedia forms, translating climate science into creative works that are emotionally resonant and publicly accessible. Each cohort receives critique from leading cultural and climate voices while participating in guided lecture series with social activists, scientists, and artists. As an annual collective anthology, each art piece tackles different issues, yet together they form an ecosystem of thought, offering a multi-vocal, interconnected map of possible futures. Grounding both frontline wisdom and climate science, our collective works are shared in exhibition spaces, online platforms, and public forums to support cultural and systemic change, moving people from information to imagination, and from imagination to action.
Digital Anthologies & Resources
“Imagining Climate Futures:” Volume II (2025)
NYC Climate Week Official Event
“Imagining Climate Futures:” Volume I (2024)
Queens Council on the Arts, NYC
“Imagining Climate Futures:” Resource Guide
Climate Futures Studio & trubel&co
Leadership & Service
My leadership and service focuses on altering academic environments so that others can travel the path differently. Across roles, my work within academia focuses on institutional change through legislation and policy, while my community engaged work aims to expand political imagination and education.
Board of Directors, Queer Sol Collective (NGO)
Queer and Indigenous-led initiative dedicated to community healing and reconnecting QTBIPOC communities to nature, centering indigenous practices. Through outdoor programming and place-based gatherings, the organization intends to cultivate a sense of belonging to the land, restoring relationships that have been intentionally severed by histories of exclusion and dispossession.
President, Radical Imagination Coalition, UCLA Climate Justice Collective
Campus-wide initiative that invites researchers to imagine futures centering liberation and collective responsibility through the concept of the “radical imagination” and QTBIPOC persepctives.
Volunteer, Noname Book Club, Radical Hood Library
Political education and book club disseminating literature inside and outside of prisons on race, gender, sexuality, class, disability, and abolition
President, Marine Biology Graduate Student Association, CSUN
Organization focused on community and professional development within the marine biology graduate program, facilitated readings on marine ecology, organized outreach events, and expanded spaces for pathways into marine science.
Member, Anti-Racism Committee, UC Davis Earth and Planetary Sciences
Departmental organization comprised of faculty and students focused on confronting institutional racism and strengthening equity and belonging through structural and legislative change,.
Commissioner, Gender and Sexuality Commission & Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission, ASUCD
Student government organizations that provided recommendations and legislative changes to address concerns of historically excluded communities and remediate institutional harms.
Selected Talks
Research presentations to scientific and interdisciplinary audiences across institutions, conferences, and public forums. For interviews and speaking invitations, please reach out through email.
UCLA Queer Ecology Conference (2026)
Presentation examining how societal attitudes influence scientific inquiry and theory and how queer theory can advance ecology and evolutionary biology.
Critical Ecology / NSF LTER Conference (2025)
Research presentation tracing how structural inequality contributes to shifts in biogeochemical processes, linking inequality to changes in forest ecosystem function.
UCLA CDLS Research Symposium (2024)
Research presentation foxusing on critical ecology and how power disparities drive environmental change.
NSF Sustainable Oceans Symposium (2023)
Presented research at the science policy interface to scientists, policymakers, and resource managers, translating findings into decision relevant insights.
NOAA Research Conference (2021)
Research presentation quantifying environmental injury, with implications for ecosystem remediation efforts.
UC Davis Student Research Conference (2020)
Research presentation on how physical drivers structure patterns of coral genetic diversity.