Mirei Endara de Heras from Panama, received a Masters in Environmental Studies degree from Yale School of the Environment (formerly Forestry & Environmental Studies) in 1994. She holds a B.A. degree from Wellesley College. She is currently addressing marine and coastal trash and water management issues, trying to get private sector and civil society’s proactive involvement.
Today's portrait features Eduardo Custodio Leal, an undergraduate majoring in Chemical Engineering and Statistics & Data Science with a concentration in Energy Studies.
Mariana Sarmiento from Colombia received her B.A degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Tulane University and graduated with a M.E.M degree in Environmental Policy and Management from the Yale School of the Environment (formerly Forestry & Environmental Studies) in 2011. Sarmiento is the 2017 recipient of the Mulago Foundation’s Conservation Fellow award.
