Brenny Alcantara is a senior majoring in Environmental Science from Waterbury, Connecticut.

His passion for the environment developed from an early age through the exposure of environmental degradation in both Puerto Rico, where he lived for eight years, and Waterbury, Connecticut. Throughout his collegiate career, his means of fulfilling his passion has shifted in accordance with the development of his understanding of how to tackle environmental issues: from technical solutions (such as his Harnessing Phosphorus project and laboratory experiences) to political reformism (Political science minor and political positions) to the critique of political economy (research on Marxism, critique of capitalist and imperialist institutions, and visualizing environmental problems as symptoms rather than catalysts).

Outside of work and school, Brenny likes to spend his time furthering his understanding of political economy, skateboarding, and eating food — a lot of food!