Via the Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Initiative of the San Mateo County Office of Education 

June 13, 2022 --- The third cohort of the San Mateo County Youth Climate Ambassadors (YCA) Program graduated at the end of May in a successful virtual capstone event. This amazing group of youth leaders worked incredibly hard over the past six months to learn about complex environmental issues and take tangible action in their communities to mitigate global warming and catastrophic climate change.

Each youth leader captured their experience and the impact of their community impact project in a case study and final presentation.

View these case studies and presentations on the Community Impact page of the YCA website.

SMUHSD students who participated include:

• Emma Gubbels, Olivia Johnson, Zoe Tsai (Burlingame High School) 
  • Community Impact Project: Green Space Revitalization at BHS
    
    
• Alauki Parikh, Casey Niwa, Sohan Lemieux (Mills High School) 
  • Community Impact Project: Updating Tri-Bin Signage at MHS
    
    
• Siofra Linden (Capuchino High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Air Pollution Awareness and Monitoring
    
    
• Ashley Wong (San Mateo High School), Lian Wang (San Mateo High School) and Nicole Choubler Donovan (Hillsdale High School) 
  • Community Impact Project: Beach Cleanup and Waste Reduction Advocacy at Coyote Point
    
    
• Isabel Shinoki (Mills High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Native Plant Garden at Local Preschool
    
    
• Devak Pardisani (SMHS), Oscar Morganstern (SMHS), Zack Tuzar (SMHS) and Elle Rau (Notre Dame High School) 
  • Community Impact Project: Bikes4TheBay - Bike Donation, Refurbishment and Distribution Program
    
    
•  Kylie Holzman (Burlingame High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Eco 100 Coloring Contest
• Ellen Kim (San Mateo High School)
  • Community Impact Project: NOW - A Panel Series on Climate Change and How it Affects Our Lives
    
    
• Rachel Liu (San Mateo High School) & Allyson Chan (Hillsdale High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Clipper Cards to SMUHSD Students
    
    
• Hrudhai Umas & Tess Dakin (Burlingame High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Spreading Awareness and Taking Action to Improve Energy Efficiency
    
    
• Caroline Lim, Emily Duncan, Olivia Murray and Roisin Scallon (Hillsdale High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Community Garden and Educational Workshops at Meadow Heights Elementary School
    
    
• Alison Coffman and Kaia Henderson (Hillsdale High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Food Systems Education Campaign
    
    
• Bruno Faoro (Serra), Leo Buss (Serra), Jasper Gan (Aragon) 
  • Community Impact Project: Storm Drain Investigation at Aragon High School
    
    
• Kendall Hsieh and Samantha Ishikawa (Hillsdale High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Living Wall at Hillsdale High School
    
    
•  Janice Yung, Kylie Chan, and Maram Ahmed (Mills High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Rain Barrels at Mills High School
    
    
• Philippos Iliopoilos (Hillsdale High School), Uma Drinan (Aragon High School), and Veronica Mullins (Aragon High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Waste Reduction Awareness Campaign at Aragon and Hillsdale High Schools
    
    
• Jack Flanzer, Jayden Wan, Shayna Blum, Sydney Chen (Burlingame High School)
  • Community Impact Project: Petition and Advocacy to Reduce Waste at Burlingame High School
    
    
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