Enviroslug Alumni
Class of 2026

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Shea Coughlin
B.S Marine Biology
Student Environmental Center
Program Coordinator
2024—2025, 2025—2026

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Avery Larsen
B.S Marine Biology
Education for Sustainable Living Program
Course Facilitator 2025-2026

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Zoe McCall
B.S Environmental Science
Education for Sustainable Living Program
Course Facilitator 2025-2026

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Claire Howell
B.S Biology
Student Environmental Center

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Javier Mojica-Hernandez
B.S Computer Engineering
Campus Sustainability Council
FY25 & FY26

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Allison Burgos
B.A Environmental Studies
& B.A Anthropology
Student Environmental Center
Program Coordinator 2024-2025

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Kev Young
B.A Community Studies
Minor: Spontaneous Composition/Jazz Improvisation & History of Consciousness
Education for Sustainable Living Program

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Avery Bingham
B.A Environmental Studies
Minor in Sustainability Studies
Education for Sustainable Living Program
Course Facilitator 2024-2025

Enviroslug Alumni
Class of 2025

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Olivia Brown
B.A Environmental Studies
Campus Sustainability Council
FY24, FY25 & FY26

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Lupe Vega Rosillo
B.A Sociology
Education for Sustainable Living Program
Course Facilitator 2024-2025

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Stephanie Mancilla Palomo
B.A Environmental Studies
Conservation Science & Policy
Education for Sustainable Living Program
Course Facilitator 2024-2025

Tori Cooper
B.S Computer Science
Student Environmental Center

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Student Environmental Center Alumni

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Nicole Wong
B.A Agroecology
Student Environmental Center

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Lila Roginski
B.A Environmental Studies
SEC Program Manager

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Maximillian Perez
B.A Environmental Studies & Sustainability Minor
Student Environmental Center, Personnel Co-Chair

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Ami Gonzalez
B.A Environmental Studies, Minor in Japanese
Student Environmental Center
Green Building Co-Chair

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Madeline Mesa
B.A Economics & Environmental Studies, Class of 19’
Student Environmental Center
Fiscal Co-Chair

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Daniela Galvez
B.S Earth & Planetary Sciences
Student Environmental Center
Media & Outreach Organizer

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Keira Kent

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Karen Nguyen

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Fariha Lateef

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Nick Wilson

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Peter Disney

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Diana Roberts

Valeria Mena
B.A Sociology
Student Environmental Center, Media & Outreach Organizer, CUIP Blueprint Organizer

Kiran Favre
B.S Environmental Science
Student Environmental Center, Fiscal Organizer

Carolyn Chan
B.A Business Management Economics
Student Environmental Center
Fiscal Co-Chair

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Kali Lucas

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Emiko Oda

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Maddy Cross

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Ino Salva

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Miranda Velasquez

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Victoria Tichy

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Eliana Bower
B.S Marine Biology
Student Environmental Center

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Cassandra Wood
B.A Environmental Studies
Student Environmental Center
Blueprint CUIP Co-Chair

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Chayla Fisher
B.A Environmental Studies
Student Environmental Center, CUIP Blueprint Organizer

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Beckie Phanh
B.A Psychology
Student Environmental Center
Personnel Co-Chair

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Lourdes De La Torre
B.A Anthropology & Sustainability Minor
Student Environmental Center
Media & Outreach Organizer

Carmen Gutierrez
B.S Ecology & Evolution, B.A Environmental Studies
Former Enviroslug Progam Manager
Sustainability Program Manager
Student Environmental Center

Education for Sustainable Living Program Alumni

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Damiana Rojas

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Ailee Arias

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Jessica Peters

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Amy Cuevas

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Maria Corona

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Breana Watkins

Mark Valen

I was involved with ESLP from 2005 - 2009. I started in the Academic Sphere then moved into the Heart Sphere. I started my ESLP experience as a student enrolled in the 5-Unit class, then facilitated an Action Research Team, then was in the Academic Sphere as a 2-Unit Coordinator (we developed the acronym C.R.A.F.T: Critical Re-Thinking And Foundational Tools) and became a member of the Staff Evolution Subcommittee, next I became a Heart Sphere Chair and also was a CUIP intern for ESLP where I worked on the first Long Term Strategic Plan for the three organizations now known as enviroslug.

I am nearly finished with a Master's Degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University. I work as a Professor at Southwestern Community College and run the Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, and Sustainability programs. I volunteer as a board member of the Chula Vista Historical Society, and am the chair of the Sustainability Commission for the City of Chula Vista.

ESLP was the beginning of my journey towards personal empowerment and action research. To be a UCSC student and simultaneously putting my studies to use to create positive change on campus taught me that I can immediately be part of the solution, and therefore have the responsibility to act. I apply the skills I gained in ESLP every day as an educator and mentor at Southwestern College and as a member of my community. The Education for Sustainable Living Program impacted my life completely and allowed to me find a passion that otherwise may have remained hidden.

Leah Walsh

I was incredibly blessed to work with ESLP from 2005-2007. During this time I served primarily in the Academic Sphere, supporting the planning and facilitation of the Spring lecture series and co-teaching the Winter Training Seminar with Tawn Kennedy. I also co-led an Action Research Team with Ora Gessler and Irene Vasquez the Spring of 2007 titled Native Communities: Race, Gender, Location. I use the skills I learned and applied during my time at ESLP in every professional job I have held since leaving UCSC. These skills include public speaking, project and program design, implementation and evaluation, facilitation skills, collaboration with diverse groups of people, modeling authentic leadership, and community organizing.

Kai Sawyer

I had the great privilege of being an ESLP organizer and co-chair from 2005-2007. I helped develop the ART facilitator training course and co-created the “UC and the Bomb” ART. I continues to be an ESLP organizer working around the world, collaborating with inspiring teachers such as Satish Kumar in Schumacher College, who was an annual speaker during the early years of ESLP. I now lives in rural Japan as a farmer, peace activist, and dreamer. My project is called Tokyo Urban Permaculture and I am developing a Gandhian training center called the Peace and Permaculture Dojo. My transformational experience as an ESLP organizer has been the source of energy and hope in the face of nuclear disasters, war, and political absurdity. My daily practice is to be moved by love.

Aurora Winslade

I was one of the co-founders of the statewide and UC Santa Cruz ESLP program and I worked with ESLP directly for four years as a student and then as the university's first Sustainability Coordinator, then continued to advise while I worked at UCSC. I helped design the structure, run the lecture series, facilitate the course, launch the training program to guide students through project design to become project leaders, manage budgets, and get the course approved. Since then, I founded UCSC Sustainability Office, the University of Hawaii's 10-campus sustainability program, completed an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, managed a statewide market transformation for energy efficiency program in Hawaii, and I now work as the Director of Sustainability for Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Being a part of ESLP was a formative experience for me - it helped shape who I am and how I show up in the world in countless ways, including improving my facilitation, communication, project management, and interpersonal skills. Most of all, it gave me the confidence to be bold and visionary as I work with my community to create the world I want to live in. I am forever grateful for the community we formed and I continue to be inspired by the student leaders in ESLP.