Juan Felipe (he/him) is pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography at UCLA, where he studies the politics of bioenergy generation and carbon management in post-conflict Colombia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Anthropology from Wheaton College (MA), a Graduate Certificate in Development Management from Universidad de los Andes, and a master’s degree in Cultural Studies from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. He has carried out research for the Climate and Community Project, where he studied Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and bioenergy generation. Before starting his Ph.D., he lived in Colombia, doing research on armed conflict, conservation, and environmental governance. Paralleling this work, he developed a career in the human rights field, working with environmental and women’s rights defenders at organizations such as Civil Rights Defenders and the Center for Reproductive Rights.