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Junior Faculty Advisor Staff

Freya Patel

Junior Faculty Advisor

Freya Patel is a rising sophomore majoring in Biology and Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her free time, Freya enjoys reading fiction novels and she aspires to one day become a zoologist and work in the field of animal conservation. During high school, Freya was dual enrolled at Central Piedmont Community College and graduated in 2017 with an Associates in Biological Sciences. Freya attended WYSE as a delegate in 2016 and as an intern in 2017. She is excited to return as a Junior Faculty Advisor for WYSE 2018 and looks forward to meeting the new delegates.

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Youth Advisory Board

Grace Loonam

West Boca High School
Boca Raton, FL

Email: loonams4@bellsouth.net

Grace Loonam is a member of the class of 2018 at West Boca High School in Boca Raton, Florida. She attended the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment in the summer of 2016. She has always been passionate about the environment and is very grateful for the opportunity to broaden her knowledge through WYSE. Grace is excited to return the program this year as a member of the Advisory Board and looks forward to making the experience as memorable for future delegates as it was for her. Her environmental interests primarily include conservation and sustainability. Grace loves being outdoors. In the past, she participated in the Recycling Club at her school as well as a few beach cleanups.

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Youth Advisory Board

Tiffany Lin

Beacon High School
New York City, NY

Email: Tiffanylin21@Outlook.com

Tiffany Lin is currently a sophomore attending the Beacon High School in New York City, New York. After winning 1st place in the New York State eCybermission science competition, she was selected as a delegate to attend the George Mason Washington Youth Summit on the Environment in 2016. She has also presented at the American Natural History Museum Science Expo. Her love for the environment originated from her passion to sail. She is an avid dingy sailor and is certified by the American Sailing Association and U.S. Sailing Basic Keelboat. She is a junior instructor, as well as a sales and marketing assistant at the Offshore Sailing School. Tiffany was a youth delegate for the America’s Cup Youth Endeavor Daythe first time it was held in the United States. She is an elite “A” student who has been on principal’s honor roll and an executive board member of the National Junior Honor Society. Tiffany is also a starting fullback on her travel soccer team, G17 White Downtown United Soccer Club, and her high school varsity soccer team, a five-time New York City PSAL champion. In addition, she is an accomplished mezzo-soprano with the Trinity Wall Street Youth Chorus. Led by Julian Wachner, a Grammy-nominated conductor and one of North America’s top composers, her chorus has performed at Carnegie Hall and sang with Josh Groban at the Mayor Bloomberg 9/11 Memorial Benefit Dinner, hosted by Stephen Colbert. Her choir will be on tour this summer in San Francisco and in Paris.

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Youth Advisory Board

Diana LaFollette

Niceville High School
Niceville, FL

Email: dklafollette@gmail.com

Diana LaFollette is a senior in high school in Niceville, Florida. She loves to learn and is very active in her school as Yearbook Editor-In-Chief, Key Club Secretary, and as a Varsity athlete in both track and cross-country. She has had a passion for the environment since she was a young child and hopes to change the world one day by improving alternative energy sources. WYSE was a truly life-changing experience for her, as it redirected her career path, and she looks forward to continuing involvement in the WYSE program.

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Youth Advisory Board

Emma Johnston

Manatee High School
Bradenton, FL

Email: eajmanatee@gmail.com

Emma Johnston is a sophomore at Manatee High School in Bradenton, Florida. She attended WYSE in the summer of 2016 and had one of the best experiences of her life. She was provided with insight about the environment and was introduced to a community of people who shared her passion for the environment. Emma learned and laughed so much during the summit and is so thankful for all of her newfound WYSE experiences. She loves science, especially biology and environmental science. She is a part of her high school’s marching band and drumline and is currently an active member in Key Club, a student-led volunteer organization. She is also in Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society and tutoring program, and Science National Honor Society. Emma is very excited to contribute to the WYSE advisory board this year!

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Youth Advisory Board

Eva Humphreys

Jefferson-Morgan High School
Jefferson, PA

Email: evamarlene3@gmail.com

Eva Humphreys is a senior honors student at Jefferson-Morgan Jr./Sr. High School in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. She spends her time doing many after-school activities, including marching band, envirothon, Science Olympiad, drama club, and National Honor Society. In her free time, Eva plays instruments, writes, and spends time with loved ones. She plans to study Marine Biology or Zoology after graduation.

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Youth Advisory Board

Anna Holdosh

Visitation Academy
St. Louis, MO

Email: aholdosh@yahoo.com

Anna Holdosh is a senior at Visitation Academy in St Louis, Missouri. She is currently working on a project through her school to raise awareness on the issue of the West Lake Landfill. Anna heard about this issue while she was at the WYSE conference in 2016. She hopes that through this she can make people more aware and involved in order for change to start to happen. She enjoys playing golf, racquetball, and yarn ball with her 2 beautiful cats. Anna is very excited about her position on the Advisory Board for #WYSE2017 and hopes that she can make it the best conference yet. If you want to know more about her, feel free to try to find her on instagram or check out her blog from her WYSE experience at Turtle Talk. She definitely recommends WYSE to anyone even remotely considering an Environmental career in the future because of the opportunity to able to hear experts in different fields talk and the ability to make valuable connections that you can use in the future!

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Youth Advisory Board

Emma Hasek

Brownsburg High School
Brownsburg, IN

Email: emma.hasek@gmail.com

Emma Hasek is an alumna from the 2016 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment. Her participation in the program reflects her deep appreciation for the environment and her desire to pursue a career in an environmental field, specifically climatology. She is currently attending Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, IN as a senior. Emma is an active section leader in both her high school marching band and symphony orchestra, but finds time to also take part in the National Honor Society and run her school’s Environmental club. She enjoys helping people and hopes that her future work in the environmental fields will create a difference in the lives of others.

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Youth Advisory Board

Alyssa Evringham

Winslow Township High School
Sicklerville, NJ

Email: ane1222@yahoo.com

Alyssa Evringham is a student at Winslow High School in Sicklerville, New Jersey. She is from Sicklerville, New Jersey. She attended the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment in 2016. Alyssa decided to go to WYSE because she has always loved the environment and wanted to be a marine biologist after college. WYSE was an incredible experience for her and she cannot wait to share this experience with others.