🌸🌸Honored to have taught the next generation of climate leaders! 🌎⚡🌸🌸

On Wednesday evening, I had the privilege of speaking as a guest lecturer in the Fall 2026 Latinxs in Sustainability (LiS) x CUNY Lecture Series at The City College of New York, alongside prominent Dr. Selva Calixto, PhD sharing our time and expertise with students in the Level Up! course.

This series connects students with people working in clean energy, sustainability, and climate. It goes beyond textbook concepts to the real projects, tough tradeoffs, and career pathways that shape this field. Students need to see people who look like them, and who share their stories, leading in these spaces.

In my session, I shared:

⚡ Energy market trends and the role energy professionals play in advancing resilience and sustainability goals
⚡ Lessons learned, and the challenges that don’t make it into the case studies
⚡ The skills and pathways students can build to enter the clean energy workforce

Whether through advocacy, mentorship, or community engagement, I’ve committed myself to making sure the benefits of the clean energy transition reach the communities that have been left out of the conversation for too long.

Educating is one of the most powerful forms of advocacy. Every student who leaves with the confidence, skills, and community to pursue this work is another voice for a just and sustainable future.

Thank you to Stephanie Almodovar, Carolina, and the entire Latinxs in Sustainability team for building this platform and inviting me to be part of it. Congratulations to Dr. Selva Calixto and all of this semester’s speakers. I was honored to share this stage with you!

To the students: thank you for your questions, your curiosity, and your ideas. The future of this field is yours. 💚

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