- Sara Wheeler
Supervisors: Chad Raphael and Maria Eugenia Flores Gomez
As the Initiative’s Communications Intern from 2023-2025, Sara expanded the website to better highlight student work, projects, and partnerships. She created a new visual identity across platforms, designing original graphics for the website, social media, and outreach materials. She also designed the Initiative’s new promotional poster and launched its YouTube channel to feature student videos and recorded events. Sara majored in Web Design and Engineering and also worked in SCU’s Imaginarium Virtual Reality Lab, Frugal Innovation Hub, and Human-Computer Interaction Lab.
- Jaylinn Solis
Supervisors: Chad Raphael and Maria Eugenia Flores Gomez
As the Initiative’s Communications Intern from 2021-2023, Jaylinn maintained our social media accounts and significantly expanded our website. She was part of the team that was honored by SCU’s Center for Sustainability with its Innovation Award for organizing our 2023 Climate and Environmental Justice Conference. Jaylinn majored in Bioengineering in the medical devices track. She also served as the SHPEtinas Director for the SCU Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and as a dancer and Fundraising Chair for SCU’s Ballet Folklorico, who performed at our 2023 conference.
- Daniel Mendoza
Supervisors: Chad Raphael and Maria Eugenia Flores Gomez
As the Initiative’s Employee #1, Daniel built our website, launched our social media accounts, and created fundraising videos and materials from 2019-2021. He also researched organizations and academics working on environmental justice, which helped the Initiative to build our networks. As an Electrical Engineering major and Sustainability minor, Daniel focused his studies on renewable power generation. He was also the Treasurer for the Latinx Student Union and for the SCU Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
