ABOUT
I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Trained as a political geographer and urban political ecologist, I research local and planetary climate governance, from the UNFCCC regime to urban and municipal climate planning. I currently serve in the Intergovernmental Support and Collective Progress Division of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, supporting negotiations, reporting, and the work of the Subsidiary Bodies. I previously served as a Climate Fellow in the City of Los Angeles Office of Energy and Sustainability where I supported implementation of the city’s Green New Deal and completed my doctoral research on urban climate governance.
I hold a B.A. in Geography and Anthropocene Studies from NYU, and an M.A. and C.Phil in Geography from UCLA. My research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the American Association of Geographers and can be found in Global Environmental Change, Political Geography, Antipode, and others.