Annabelle is a second-year Master of Urban and Regional Planning student at the Luskin School of Public Affairs. She is concentrating in Environmental Analysis and Policy, and Design and Development, and studies the political ecology of urban climate adaptation design. In addition to her coursework, she works as a Graduate Student Researcher at the Luskin Center for Innovation on projects focused on built environment vulnerabilities to climate change, particularly extreme heat and wildfire. Prior to attending UCLA, she completed her undergraduate degree in international studies and environmental studies at the University of Chicago and worked for a Chicago based utility consumer advocacy organization called the Citizens Utility Board.