Margaret Oliver
Degree Program:
Masters of Environmental Management
Margaret Oliver is currently a Masters of Environmental Management Candidate at the Yale School of the Environment where she specializes in water resource management and policy. Currently, she is working with Climate Action Network-Latin America (CANLA) on developing a plan to to track revisions to the UN’s Warsaw Mechanism on Loss and Damage at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP25. She will be attending the conference as a member of CANLA’s delegation.
Before Yale, Margaret served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, where she worked on community agroforestry projects and on environmental education initiatives. During her time in Paraguay, the Guarani Aquifer, the Parana River, and the Pantanal Wetland sparked her interest in transboundary water management and policy. Margaret graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South with a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies in 2016. As an undergraduate, she interned at the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy and studied abroad in Vietnam, Morocco, Bolivia, and Iceland.
Department:
School of the Environment
Expected Year of Graduation:
Class of 2021