2024 Interns

Mahir Alam
2024-Current

James Clinton
2024-Current

Daniel Giorgetti
2024-Current

Chris Kowalski
2023-Current

As the Chapter President of Southern's chapter of the Food Recovery Network, I help Southern's Office of Sustainability divert food waste from our on-campus dining options and into the hands of our off-campus community partners. During my time here at Southern not spent studying, the Office of Sustainability has also equipped me with the resources and agency to organize my classmates, executing trash cleanups as well as a winter clothes drive (which you see pictured). This position has also allowed me to expand my areas of service by helping with everything else the office is involved in. From traveling to Faulkner's Island with U.S. Fish and Wildlife to working in community gardens around New Haven County, the Office of Sustainability has helped me to make the greatest impact I could while obtaining a degree here at Southern.

Isaac Rivera
2023-Current

I’m a Sophomore in the Honors College, majoring in English (Professional Writing) with a minor in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy. I started as a Communications intern as a Freshman, occasionally helping with food recovery, the community garden, and events. I’ve always been interested in environmentalism and decided the Office of Sustainability would be a good place to learn. I completed my First Year Research & Artistry Experience on the effects of Eco-Anxiety. I presented it as a finalist during FYRE week, with the support of the Sustainability office. Even if I don’t continue in a sustainability-related career, I have learned the importance of community outreach which I will carry with me wherever I go next.

Jessica Sade
2024-Current

A junior majoring in Environmental Systems & Sustainability, minoring in Music.
I’m a transfer student, originally going for a Master's in Acupuncture, until I witnessed levels of destruction occurring, and decided to change my educational direction. Member of Omicron Delta Kappa and GEMS club.
As a Licensed massage therapist, I see a need for healing almost everywhere and decided to redirect my attention to helping get the school garden back on track. I started off as a volunteer and became an intern the next semester. Every day, I learn new methods of adapting and communicating, while meeting interesting new people. The goal of my current journey is to help people understand the value of our daily actions. Working with the Earth is vital to awareness & sustenance for the sake of our present and future existence.

Casandra Sapia
2023-Current

Emma-Jo Smith
2023-Current
Intern Alumni