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Hello! My name is Yodi and I’m a Senior majoring in Environmental Studies. For the Spring 2024 semester, I got the opportunity to intern with USC Sea Grant. Sea Grant is one of 34 programs under the NOAA’s National Sea Grant Program and here at USC, their focus is on the urban ocean and solving a diverse range of issues that have arisen due to urbanization and a developed coastline including managing people, marine life, and natural resources.  

Hi, I am Will, a junior majoring in environmental studies with a minor in economics. Over the past semester, I worked as a communications intern for the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (EAC). This environmental non-profit was created in 1971 in Point Reyes California to protect West Marin's beautiful habitats through education advocacy and engagement.

Hello! My name is Valerie, and I am a Junior pursuing my B.S. in Environmental Studies and Masters in Public Administration. This semester I worked with the California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA), an organization that unites local waterkeeper programs statewide to advocate for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters.

Hello! My name is Susan, and I’m a junior majoring in Environmental Studies with a minor in GIS and Sustainability Science. This semester, I interned with the Wrigley Institute working on the San Pedro Ocean Time Series (SPOT). SPOT began in 1998 and collects oceanographic data, both real time and water samples, in the San Pedro Channel between Los Angeles and Catalina Island.

Hello, my name is Sophia, and I am a senior at the University of Southern California pursuing a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies. This fall semester, I have had the privilege of interning for TreePeople’s education team as part of their Generation Earth program.

Hi everyone! My name is Paris and I am a senior majoring in Environmental Studies with a minor in Law & Social Justice. This semester, I’m grateful to have had an opportunity to intern with City Plants LA, a non-profit organization funded by the LA Department of Water and Power. City Plants aims to create a greener, more equitable city for Angelenos by increasing urban tree canopy.

Hello! My name is Jack and I’m a senior Environmental Studies student. This semester, I was given the opportunity to work with Garden School Foundation’s community garden at 24th Street Elementary School near USC. The organization partners with elementary schools around Los Angeles, curating gardens and using them to provide education on environmental topics to the students.

Aloha! My name is Kawehi, and I am a junior majoring in environmental studies with a minor in marine biology. I have been fortunate enough to intern with the Nudhzin Lab as a lab assistant through the Wrigley Research Institute. I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Diane Kim and former ENST-492 intern Tammy, primarily working with the gametophytes of Macrocystis porifera (Giant Kelp).

Hi! My name is Muna and I am an Environmental Studies major with a minor in Occupational Science. I spent my semester working with the Garden School Foundation as a Garden Education Intern at 24th Street Elementary School. GSF provides in-depth garden-based education to students at Title I elementary schools in Los Angeles.