Natalie Sanchez (she/her)

Natalie is a fourth-year Environmental Economics & Policy and Conservation and Resource Studies major. Natalie serves as a Waste Watershed Research Associate, connecting her passions for ecological restoration and environemntal, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. Throughout her SERC experience, she has co-supervised SPUR’s Zero Waste Lab, collecting GIS data along Strawberry Creek for litter mitigation and conducting community clean-ups. She also consults with local governments in Richmond, Pinole, San Pablo, and Berkeley to reduce high concentrations of pollution demonstrated through On-Land Visual Trash Assessments (OVTAs). In her free time, Natalie enjoys volunteering around the Bay Area, paddle boarding, and journaling.