Meet the Summer Staff
Valentina Jimenez is a rising senior at the University of Hartford studying biochemistry with a strong interest in environmental policy and science. She will be graduating in the spring of 2022 and will be working at the Western CT Council of Governments in Sandy Hook, Newtown this summer. She was recently elected as the President of the Student Government Association at UHart as the first Latina president.
Liam Ford is a member of the class of 2022 at the University of Connecticut. He is majoring in Natural Resources, concentrating on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation. He is also pursuing a minor in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. This summer, Liam will be working with the Western CT Council of Governments in Sandy Hook. In the Fall of 2020, Liam took a gap semester to travel around the USA. His road trip covered 51 days, over 11,000 miles and he visited 17 National Parks.
Kelvin Green is a rising sophomore at Princeton University, majoring in Environmental Engineering. At WestCOG, Kelvin is assisting with the design of a regional well water testing program to help residents test and remediate their well water of contaminants easily and cost effectively. In his free time, Kelvin enjoys reading fantasy novels and tinkering with simple machines.