
Kat Harhai '18 - Director
Major: EA and GFS
Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
Prior to coming to Pitzer, I worked as a Children's Workshop Assistant at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science assisting teachers in putting on educational science-based workshops for kids. This will be my second year volunteering with ACT.

Shinara Sunderlal '17 - Assistant Director
Major: Environmental Policy
Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
Yes.
I taught a wide spectrum of subjects to underprivileged children in India for 4 years. Additionally, I am a founding member of ACT and worked with WWF this summer in creating a national environmental education prototype for Junior school.

Polina Goncharova '18 - Community Engagement Coordinator
Major: Environmental Analysis with a potential combined major of Organizational Studies
Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
For the past 5 years I have been working at the Oakland ZooCamp during school breaks as a teachers assistant, intern, and finally this past year as a teacher of 15 different kids every week. My group learned about nature, sustainability, animals at the zoo, and also the animals within Knowland park where the zoo is located.

Rahul Nalamasu '17 - Treasurer
Major: Biology
Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher

Kamya Sud '19 - Secretary
Major: Undecided (maybe EA or English)
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I used to teach once a week at an elementary school back home. It was mostly for kids from low-income families who could barely read/write/do basic math. It was a really rewarding experience seeing them finally grasp concepts and apply them and get really excited to be learning! As for environmental education, I did try two weeks of very basic awareness lessons about being environmentally conscious!

Ben Cowan '18 - Public Relations Coordinator
Major: Neuroscience
Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I have taught Improv and STEM camps for kids over the summer for the last few years.

Divya Bambawale '17
Major: English and French
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I am one of the founding members of ACT, so I have been teaching environmental education at both Oakmont and Sultana. I have also worked in schools in India teaching students English from grades 3-5.

Keon Rabbani '19
Major: Undecided
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
Yes, for the last two years I was a leader of the Garden Collaborative which was a pilot garden-education program that builds gardens in local elementary schools and teaches students and their teachers about healthy living, sustainable practices, renewable resources, and organic farming.

Natalie Bentley '18
Major: Psychology
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I worked in a classroom with 4-6 year olds this summer in Guatemala, and I did Camp AP all last year!

Michael McCarthy '19
Major: Undecided
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I used to teach for a high school prep program that taught 8th graders how to do well on the SSAT.

Jeremy Greer '18
Major: Economics, Environmental Analysis
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Eve Preucil '19
Major: Undecided
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
2 years volunteering at a preschool taking care of 2-3 year olds.

Japmeet Sandhu '19
Major: Human Biology
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I was a physical education teacher for third graders during my senior year of high school.

Samuel Martin '19
Major: Environmental Analysis
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I was president of the ecology club at my high school and we had several presentations on environmental issues. I also was a tutor for all subjects on the middle school level.

Anisha Loeb '18
Major: Biology
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
In high school, I tutored middle school kids in all different subjects, and helped them complete their daily homework. I also took an environmental science class where we were asked to teach the class a subject we researched on. Additionally, I was a part of ACT last year, where I helped create curricula, and taught at both Oakmont and Sultana elementary school.

An Sasaki '18
Major: Environmental Analysis
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I am a returning member of ACT :)
In high school (in India), I used to teach local children english and dance.

Cheri Tse '19
Major: Undecided
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
No, ACT is my first teaching experience!

Greta Long '19
Major: Undecided
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
During high school, I took environmental biology classes and frequently volunteered with sustainability interns. I created an independent study project called "Sustainable Food Systems", and am interested in pursuing these studies in college as well.

Patrick King '17
Major: Media Studies and Political Studies
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I’ve been a cooking camp counselor. And in high school I was the assistant director of an elementary school boys choir.

Aubrey Lancaster '19
Major: Religious Studies
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher
Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?
I have tutored in various subjects throughout secondary school.

Neha Nirkondar '19
Major: International Political Economy
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Sophia Rizzolo '19
Major: African Studies and Organizational Studies
Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

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