I help NGOs, think tanks, and businesses unpack climate issues and strategize solutions that can benefit people and the planet.
Photo by: Lauren Dukes
ABOUT
I'm a Floridian turned expat, turned NYC-transplant. In our increasingly complex world, we need flexible strategists who understand how intersectionality affects our lives.
In both my academic and professional experiences, I've worked at the intersections of: resource governance, conflict, climate, social justice, international development, transparency, and security. I strive to make complex information accessible and actionable for meaningful policy change and strategic guidance. After years of consulting and writing experiences, I founded the not-for-profit, Impact Human, in 2015. Impact Human uses photography, interviews, and policy research to educate the public on human rights and environmental injustices faced by communities coping with climate change and pollution.
I have the privilege to impart my intersectional environmental, political, and economics experiences as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, where I teach Environmental Economics for the MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems. I recently completed my term as a Senior Fellow, Planetary Politics at New America; where I worked on the challenges and opportunities for a just energy transition.
Currently available for writing and speaking engagements, and seeking a literary agent.
PUBLICATIONS
I've written op-eds and policy deep-dives on climate and foreign policy issues for publications ranging from: LSE Ideas, The Global Policy Journal, Policy Mic, and the World Politics Review. I've also written and consulted on policy reports and explainers for clients ranging from: Dalberg Research, CDP, E3G, Sustain.Life, Oil Change International, DFID, the World Bank, and others.
Currently seeking a literary agent and publisher for a forthcoming book.
ENGAGEMENTS
October 10, 2024. New America, book talk moderator: The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power our Lives with Ernest Scheyder. [See it on YouTube here]
October 2, 2024. New America, panel moderator: Road to Baku: How COP29 will Shape Climate Finance, Renewables, & the Path to 1.5°C. [See it on YouTube here]
September 23, 2024. Climate Week NYC, Pratt Institute Sustainable Environmental Systems panelist and co-organizer for Global and Local Perspectives on a Just Energy Transition.
September 4, 2024. New America, book talk moderator: Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age with Akshat Rathi. [See it on YouTube here]
March 15, 2024. Deseret Magazine, interviewee for 'Raw Deal: Should Americans Subsidize Green Energy?'.
October 2022, Panel Moderator for Pratt Earth Action Week Fall 2022, 'Connecting Climate Justice and Sustainability in Urban Design'.
June 2020, Expert Consultant for the IPSOS Global Trends Game Changers report, 'Now What: Climate Change and Coronavirus.'
March 2020, Podcast Interviewee for the Climate 2020 Online Climate Conference's 'Climate Chats' series: 'Climate Chats Episode 001 - Martha Molfetas'.
June 2019 at Caveat NYC - Speaker and Storyteller for 'Generation 30s' at Generation Women: "A love letter to... Miami and the places climate change will forever alter".
January - March 2015, Climate Justice Expert for the "E-Consult on Global Climate Governance at the Intersection of Human Security & Justice" with the Hague Institute for Global Justice.
December 2013, Lima COP20 - Climate Justice Expert for Consultation on "Global Climate Governance at the Intersection of Human Security & Justice"; an event with the Hague Institute for Global Justice & the Stimson Center.
SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography has been published in B&W Magazine, featured in various projects with Impact Human, and showcased in gallery exhibitions at the Southeastern Center for Photography and the Art Haus in Florida, and at Gallery Max in NYC for Impact Human's Sandy Retrospective.
For more project-based images, see recent projects at Impact Human, including: Miami Sea Level Rise, Sandy: [A Retrospective], and Another Summer Lost: Algae and Red Tide Blooms in Fort Myers.
For film photography and other projects, you can check out my LensCulture Profile and Portfolio here.