Naarai Hernandez is an undergraduate student at Santa Monica College who is majoring in Agricultural Engineering. Her interest is in sustainable agriculture. Naarai was selected for a competitive Santa Monica College-UCLA Summer Research Scholars program and has continued with research in climate science and environmental science at UCLA. She has served as a Garden Coordinator in Boyle Heights, where she works with youth and is a facilitator, as well as outreach and lesson preparation, supervision, instruction, and administrative work.