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Olivia Urbanski

Loyola University Chicago

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Olivia Urbanski is a senior at Loyola University Chicago, earning a dual degree in Environmental Studies and International & Global Studies. She is particularly interested in international climate change policy and understanding the complex relationship between conservation and development. Olivia has spent two semesters abroad, one in Sweden, studying with the former Minister of the Environment, and the other in Kenya, interning at a wildlife conservancy, working with the world’s last three northern white rhinos. Her additional experience includes interning at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, as well as being a naturalist at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in northern Minnesota, the state she calls home. She also enjoys teaching fitness classes and participating in drum corps.

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