Laura Augenbraun

Laura Augenbraun is a junior from Sandy Hook, Connecticut double majoring in mathematics and journalism with a minor in environmental studies. Her passion for the environment began in high school, particularly surrounding deforestation issues. Currently, she is co-leading an environmental justice leadership program, where she works alongside four students and a faculty member on teaching environmental activism to fellow students. She has done a lot of work surrounding the climate crisis during her time as an intern with UConn Praxis in the Sustainable Skies campaign, as well as while writing about environmental issues for The Daily Campus. Laura is also an engagement intern for UConn Hillel, a research assistant doing data analytics work alongside professors and graduate students in the Engineering Department, and works in the Dean of Students Office at UConn. She is very thankful to have been given the opportunity to travel to Egypt and attend the Climate Conference, and is looking forward to learning more about how other countries around the world are tackling the climate crisis.