Himaja Nagireddy

Himaja Nagireddy, from Acton, MA, is a senior undergraduate student pursuing three degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology, Physiology and Neurobiology, and Sociology with a minor in Chemistry. She is a STEM Scholar, Honors Scholar, BOLD Scholar, 2019 Leadership Legacy Fellow, and was a UConn representative for the Truman, Udall, and Marshall Scholarships. Himaja is an elected representative of the National Council for the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), a civil organization founded by Eleanor Roosevelt, where she works with over 20,000 members to coordinate efforts to support the UN. Through her work at UNA-USA, she has attended the 62nd and 63rd Commission on the Status of Women and launched a national gender equality education program called the 2019 Emerging Leaders Fellowship. Himaja is currently pursuing her theses research in Sociology and Molecular and Cell Biology at the UConn-Eversource Center and the Jackson Laboratory in Genomic Medicine, respectively. Himaja is also a 2019-2020 Virtual Student Federal Intern for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where she works on world food resiliency research with the Senior Youth Advisor for the Bureau for Food Security. Through her work, Himaja strives to better understand the intersectionalities between health, society, and the environment, which is why she is excited to attend the COP25 this year.