Michael Rincon
Graduate Student, Water Resources Group Executive Committee
Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Michael is currently a second year Masters in Public Policy student at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. His policy interests lie in environmental justice and public health. Michael is also a graduate research fellow with the UCLA Luskin Center of Innovation. Michael holds a Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies, with a focus in Law and Policy and a Minor in Sustainable Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Along with his studies, Michael is also the Director of Policy and Research at Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles where he also leads their Clean Water Program which focuses on drinking water issues in California communities. Aside from water policy, Michael has also worked on policy topics such as hazardous waste, safer consumer products, California energy production, microplastics, pesticides, and nuclear abolishment.