Yi-Lan (she/her) is a current student at Middlebury College, where she is majoring in International Studies and Global Environmental Change. She was born in Pennsylvania but spent the summers of her childhood in Beijing, China, where she would run around lily ponds and chase Tree Sparrows. Although her interest in environmental conservation started when she was little, it came to fruition when she arrived at Middlebury, Vermont, and got to experience the full wonders of the natural world.
Ultimately, Yi-Lan aspires to be an environmental lawyer and hopes to apply her love of birds and nature to larger problems of environmental justice and climate degradation in the future. When she's not in the office, you can find Yi-Lan on hikes with her friends, practicing her cooking, or soaking up some sun in a hammock!