Ivy graduated with a B.S. in Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology and a minor in Environmental Engineering from UCLA in 2020 and is currently a second-year PhD student in Civil & Environmental Engineering. She is a candidate for the Leaders in Sustainability certificate and a trainee in the NSF Research INFEWS (Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems) fellowship program. Ivy has a passion for mentorship, a spirit for advocacy, and a love for sustainability and all things interdisciplinary. In her free time, she enjoys memory keeping while spending time with loved ones, finding zero-waste DIYs, playing the flute, pogo-sticking, and reading poetry!