The Climate Impacts Group is excited to welcome four UW undergraduate students to our team this summer! Caroline Hale, Lupita Ocampo, Anusriya Rahman Ornie and Cora Schultz are joining our team through the EarthLab Summer Internship program. Learn more about each of these students:  

Caroline Hale 

Climate Justice Academy Curriculum & Coordination Intern

Caroline Hale (she/her) is a rising senior at the University of Washington, double majoring in Environmental Studies and Sociology. Her interests converge at the intersection of the natural world, biological sciences and sociological perspectives. Throughout her academic journey, Caroline has had the opportunity to work in collaboration with faculty members on research projects related to her degrees and is eager to leverage these experiences to support research in the Climate Impacts Group.

As the Climate Justice Academy Curriculum & Coordination Intern, Caroline will support the pilot of the NCRC’s Science Justice Summer School through coordination, research support, facilitation and more. 

Learn more about Caroline. 

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Lupita Ocampo 

Water Regulation Research Intern

Lupita Ocampo (they/them) is an upcoming senior majoring in Public Health-Global Health with minors in Labor Studies and Geography at the University of Washington Seattle. They are passionate about bridging accessible and equitable modes of health to marginalized communities. They are interested in building stronger foundations within social determinants of health in hopes to equip people’s autonomy over their health. 

As the Water Regulation Research Intern, Lupita will support Oregon Rural Action in understanding and addressing high levels of nitrate in the groundwater in Umatilla and Morrow counties. Lupita will compare and contrast groundwater conditions in Minnesota, Oregon and Washington, as well as the EPA’s response to conditions in all three states. 

Learn more about Lupita. 

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Anusriya Rahman Ornie

Flood Warning Analysis Intern

Ornie (she/her) is a third-year undergraduate majoring in Bioengineering and minoring in Applied Mathematics and Chemistry at UW. As an international student from Bangladesh, she actively participates in leadership development programs. Currently, she contributes to meaningful initiatives for international and STEM students through her involvement in CIRCLE SAB and SEBA and promotes awareness of her minority ethnicity through BSA. Ornie is eager to apply her acquired skills to real-world challenges and make a significant impact. 

As the Flood Warning Analysis Intern, Ornie will test an approach to estimating how often flood warning levels occur, now and in the future. 

Learn more about Ornie. 

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Cora Schultz 

Community Led Storytelling and Film Production Intern

Cora Schultz is a rising senior studying geography: Cities, Citizenship, and Migration and Dance at the University of Washington. As a co-director of the UW improv team she brings a unique skillset, centering the impact of narrative building in art. Her passion for counter-mapping shapes her research approach, allowing her to explore and communicate complex spatial and social dynamics creatively.

As the Community Led Storytelling and Film Production Intern, Cora will provide research and logistical support to the Stories as Science project, which is documenting the oral histories of Indigenous communities in Washington and Hawai’i that are at increased risk of flooding. 

Learn more about Cora.