Carolyn is pursuing a PhD in Food Systems at the University of Vermont where she is a graduate fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment. Her research interests include better aligning health, agriculture and environment policy, food security, and bringing together diverse stakeholders in policy design and implementation. Prior to her graduate studies at UVM, Carolyn managed the food system policy program at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. She also worked for USAID as a strategic policy and program management specialist for the South and Central Asia region, and has worked across the western US in outdoor education and land use planning. She earned her BA in biology and chemistry from Bowdoin College and MPH in Global Environmental Sustainability and Health and a certificate in Food Systems, Environment, and Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.