Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Isha Thakkar is a senior studying Environmental Science on the Justice and Health Track. At Brown, Isha is involved with the Brown Concert Agency (which plans the Spring Weekend festival!), and Sunrise (an environmental justice group). She also works in the Project G-Space Lab with Dr.Grigsby, researching how green space and nature protect children's health. She also serves on the IBES Diversity, Inclusion, and Action committee, and is passionate about the importance of environmental justice and diverse perspectives in IBES. In the past, she has worked as a podcaster for the Possibly Podcast, an environmental education podcast at Brown. 

This past summer, she worked in Washington, D.C. as a community health justice intern for the Environmental Defense Fund, with a group called "Moms Clean Air Force." She is passionate about helping others find their places and stories in IBES, and connecting multiple interests together through the program! She also loves to recommend (and be recommended) different local restaurants, parks, cafecitos, and Providence activities!