Olivia Hemond
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I graduated from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara with a Master of Environmental Science and Management. At Bren, I specialized in Conservation Planning and Strategic Environmental Communication, combining my love of environmental science with the ability to share it with diverse audiences.

I also hold a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley, where I studied how global environmental change is impacting organisms, ecosystems, and human well-being. I have professional experience working as a research assistant, a teacher, and an environmental analyst.

Though I’ve spent a number of years living in California, and one in Spain, I was raised in Massachusetts and that’s where I call home. In my free time, I love exploring the outdoors, trying new restaurants, running, and traveling.

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Environmental Scientist (7/25 - present) | Weston & Sampson

Arnhold Environmental Graduate Fellow (10/23 - 7/25) | Conservation International & UC Santa Barbara

Directorate Resource Fellow (6/24 - 9/24) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Graduate Teaching Assistant (4/24 - 6/24 & 4/25 - 6/25) | UC Santa Barbara Environmental Studies Department

Environmental Analyst (7/22 - 8/23) | Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG)

English Language Assistant and Cultural Ambassador (9/21 - 6/22) | Madrid, Spain

Master of Environmental Science and Management (2025)

Conservation Planning and Strategic Environmental Communications

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara

BS in Molecular Environmental Biology (2021)

Environment & Human Health

Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley

Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings, April 2025, Boston MA (attendee)

National Adaptation Forum, May 2024, St. Paul MN (attendee)

Point Conception Institute Science Symposium, March 2024, Santa Barbara CA (attendee)

Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM, February 2020, Washington D.C. (presenter)

SEA Fellows Summer Science Symposium, August 2019, Walpole ME (presenter)

Me with other Bren students at the National Adaptation Forum, 2024

USFWS National Conservation Training Center

The Bren School at sunset. Photo credit: Joan Dudney

Me with my forest sustainability class

First day of graduate school

Monarch butterflies overwintering in Goleta, CA. Photo credit: Joan Dudney

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