Xinyu Lin

Xinyu Lin is a senior studying Civil Engineering with minors in Environmental Engineering and Math. She spent this summer interviewing minority identity leaders in the environmental movement from across America as a BOLD Women’s Leadership Network Scholar, and presented this work through a photo story exhibition this fall titled “Our Sides on the Outside” to bring awareness to diversity issues in environmental advocacy. As the Program Director of the SOS Food Recovery Program, she works closely with food waste and insecurity issues in the UConn and Willimantic communities. Xinyu is a researcher on the UConn PIRE Project and is investigating how groundwater resources in Ethiopia can be utilized as a dependable water source by subsistence farmers to supplement unpredictable rainfall patterns due to the climate crisis. She is also a trip leader for UConn Outdoors and enjoys climbing, hiking and biking. Xinyu hopes to work as a technical expert on community-based solutions to social issues exacerbated by the climate emergency. She loves eating hummus and having thoughtful conversations.