Bonderman Travel Fellowship

Katie Hearther

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Oceanography; Marine Biology

Undergraduate

2020 Fellows

Hometown: Honolulu, HI

Travel Locations: Greenland, Iceland, Chile, the Galapagos, Indonesia, East Timor, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa

Katie’s love for the ocean extends from the equator to the poles, so she will be traveling to sub-polar locations as well as low-lying tropical countries. She is excited to engage with local communities to explore themes of resilience, ecotourism, and hope in the face of climate change. Katie wants to learn how different people engage with, depend on, love, and destroy their environment. She is also eager to explore incredible, fragile ecosystems across the globe, and hopes to use her experiences to drive work in science communication and reconnecting people with their environment. She plans to visit Greenland, Iceland, Chile, the Galapagos, Indonesia, East Timor, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa.