Kelsey recently took the Community Planning for Resiliency course at Unity College with Professor Tamara Lawless.
"Before I started this program at Unity, I was working in the public school system as a 7th-grade math teacher. I was teaching when COVID hit, and everyone went remote. As much as I loved working with children, it made me realize how desperately critical change is needed, so I decided to switch courses and pursue sustainability. I live in Asheville, North Carolina.
Now that I am nearing the end of the program, I know that I made the right decision. I am getting my Masters in Sustainability and Environmental Science. From this education, I hope to gain the knowledge required to be a sustainability change agent. I hope to educate everyone around me regarding the importance of caring about this and working for it. I hope to be part of the movement that forces resilient, sustainable, and equitable change throughout global societies.
What I liked most about the courses in this program was their relevance. Most of them were designed in such a way that I had a main course project which imitated work that I will be doing after graduation, and now I have numerous templates for enacting any number of sustainability initiatives in various fields. Also, the direct communication with and feedback from peers was wonderful and incredibly helpful (not to mention a great resource for networking). I hope to improve upon the world and leave it better than how I found it."
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