NYAH ALEXIS

Nyah Alexis started her activism as a high school intern at the New York Botanical Garden teaching children plant and animal science while conducting research on endangered plant species that lived in the garden, including the impact of climate change. Most recently, Nyah has become a Citizen Science Teaching Fellow Bard College where she will guide first-year students through a two-week long Citizen Science experience. Specifically, she will teach the chemistry and biology around the impact companies have when they dump waste into the water supply, and monitor lab research and water testing in the Hudson Valley.