Natalie Roach

Natalie is from Cheshire, CT. She is an Environmental Sciences major with minors in Human Rights and Sustainable Food Crop Production. She will complete a Master’s in Public Policy in a fifth year as part of the UConn Fast Track Program. Natalie came to UConn to learn how to best solve social and environmental issues, which are inextricably linked. On campus, she is an officer of Revolution Against Rape, co-chair of the USG Sustainability Subcommittee, co-facilitator of a Rainbow Center discussion group, a participant in Community Outreach’s alternative breaks, and was a lead organizer of September’s climate strike. She works at UConn’s Office of Sustainability, where she focuses on outreach, environmental justice, office blogs, and more. As a BOLD scholar in UConn BOLD Women’s Leadership Network, Natalie plans to complete a summer project that will bring light to the concept of climate migration and help to create better support systems for people who have been displaced because of climate change. Natalie is also an undergraduate researcher of cross-cultural climate communication as part of UConn’s PIRE Project, which focuses on sustainable development in Ethiopia. Outside of UConn, she is a dedicated member of the CT Sierra Club Political Committee. She loves learning, climbing trees, community gardens, baking, and spending quality time with her friends. After graduation from UConn, she plans to carry the mindset of finding community-based, intersectional, and just solutions to environmental and social issues into a career in public service.