Aneesa Gomez-Cervantes
Graduate Student, Water Resources Group Executive Committee
Ph.D. student, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Aneesa graduated Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UC Irvine with a B.A. in Environmental Science and a minor in Global Sustainability. During my undergraduate, I did research for Water UCI targeting California’s water needs through the scope of Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio. The research led to the creation of a survey sent out amongst a broad spectrum of stakeholders, a colloquium, and a research paper that is being overlooked by California’s Water Division and the government. I then interned with the County of Orange managing stormwater and assisting with NPDES permitting and the TMDL program. After graduating, I obtained a job with the County of Orange Environmental Health Division as a Hazardous Material Specialist. In this position, I inspect and enforce environmental regulation for facilities that store hazardous materials and generate hazardous waste. My research interests involve water resilience in Southern California, sustainability in agricultural systems, and environmental justice. In my free time I enjoy surfing, maintaining my plants, reading, and spending time with my two dogs and cat.