PwintPhyu Nandar

PwintPhyu Nandar is in her first year of the two-year Master of Environmental Science program. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. Her honors thesis investigated how immigrant households in Los Angeles use, conserve, and understand water. After graduation, PwintPhyu continued to work at UCLA as an administrative assistant for a center for teaching in STEM. During her time there, she learned about inclusive, equitable, and antiracist teaching practices. As a master’s student at Yale School of the Environment, Pwint would like to delve into researching food sovereignty on a local level. In her free time, Pwint is a hobbyist tarot reader.