Meet the Inaugural Cohort of the Earth Institute Summer Intern Program

June 17, 2021

Meet the Inaugural Cohort of the Earth Institute Summer Intern Program

AC4 is excited to welcome the first cohort of interns for the Beyond Basic Science – Connecting Climate to Communities program hosted by the Earth Institute and led by Cassie Xu and Joshua Fisher. Melissa Olivar will be joining the YPS program and Oneil Mahoney will be joining the EPS program. Click here for more information about Melissa and Oneil, as well as the other interns joining other Earth Institute centers.

Photo of Melissa Olivar

YPS Curriculum Development Intern


Melissa Olivar, a sociology major at City College, CUNY, has joined the YPS team as a summer intern to collaborate in the development of a youth leadership curriculum that seeks to represent and address the needs, opportunities, and cultural sensibilities of Global South societies. 

Photo of Oneil Mahoney

EPS Environmental Sustainability & Peacebuilding Intern


Oneil Mahoney, a biotechnology/data science major at Borough of Manhattan Community College, will be working with AC4 & EPS director, Dr. Joshua Fisher, on a project that focuses on protected area management and natural resource governance