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Kiera joined Clean Water Action as the Environmental Health Organizer in May 2024. She has been connected to environmental justice throughout her life. Her research, work, and activism have been acts of remembering her grandfather, and his early passing from a cancer caused by his exposure to agricultural pesticides. Her father and his family’s immigration from Spain to the United States informs not only her heritage as a Hispanic woman, but also her insistence on the right of all people to live and work in healthy and safe environments.

Kiera graduated with distinction from the University of

Emma joined Clean Water Action as an Intern in the fall of 2023 before transitioning to a full-time role as the Climate Justice Organizer in the Boston Office in the winter of 2024. Emma graduated from Connecticut College in May of 2023 and earned a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Social Justice and Sustainability. Before moving to Boston, Emma was an intern with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs while living in New London, CT and worked to ensure a just transition to a renewable energy economy. This work included drafting press releases and other campaign