Brenny Alcantara is a sophomore at the Waterbury campus of the University of Connecticut studying Environmental Sciences and Political Science. Optimistic about the future and relentlessly ambitious, Brenny will always seek out whatever knowledge he can attain. Striving for a career in public service and development through the work on his project based on nutrient recovery.

On campus, Brenny is working on many different projects and with many different groups. He has worked on a nutrient recovery project with the Ideas + Impact program since his first semester, a peer mentor project on combating student sleep deprivation while teaching undergraduate students how to balance college life, involvement with the City of Waterbury Environmental Control Commission where he is poised to become a commissioner for the city, completed the U21 Micro Internship program that introduced him to students around the world to work on solving educational issues in India, volunteer work for WishFest events teaching high school students about environmental issues, work at an environmental lab, and more. Currently, he has taken the role of being the Regional Campus Intern for the Office of Sustainability, where he is working with the local government and groups to educate students about environmental issues while cleaning the Naugatuck River.