
Meet Brevin
Brevin Franklin is a current senior at the University of Maryland studying Economics and Mathematics. Brevin has a particular interest in environmental issues and how they interact with resource allocation. He plans to pursue a graduate degree in either Economics or Public Policy and continue research into disaster resource allocation. Brevin’s long-term goals are to become a research analyst at a federal department like the EPA or NOAA. Currently, Brevin is also a Sondheim Scholar.

Meet Wendy

Meet Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Alexandre is a Ph.D. student in the Public Policy program with a specialization in Emergency Medical Services. She is interested in intersectionality-based mixed methods policy analysis to explore health and socio-economical inequities in disaster and natural hazards research. Gwendolyn works as a UMBC Social Vulnerability and Resilience Lab (SOLVER) graduate research assistant, supporting research that advances policies that reduce disaster-related inequalities. She is also an NOAA EPP Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Scholar, under the mentorship of Dr. Fernando Tormos-Aponte.

Meet Laura