Sarah plans on pursuing a master’s degree in environmental studies, or a similar field.
Sarah Liez is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Public and Professional Writing. Since graduating, she has been working as a communications assistant for a research lab on her university's campus (called the Learning Research and Development Center), and performing freelance work for a local news outlet called PublicSource. Sarah understands the dire and immediate need for drastic policy reform that effectively addresses the global climate crisis. When she interned with a non-profit last summer — the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, now known as the New Roots Institute — she fell in love with non-profit work and knew that she wanted to use her degrees to pursue a career in advocacy.
Sarah is one of our interns for CCL’s Development Team, where she is responsible for conducting landscape-level research on foundations and corporate grant-making entities. She also supports donor stewardship and renewals by making annual renewal calls, preparing communications, and acknowledging their contributions with personal phone calls and emails, along with supporting development-related writing projects such as grant applications, letters of inquiry, and internal reports. Through this role, she hopes to gain some hands-on experience in the field of environmental advocacy and learn the inner workings of a climate-focused non-profit organization.
Sarah loves to read and write, loves hiking and yoga, and loves all of the pets she has, which include a staffordshire terrier and a chihuahua/pomeranian mix. Her favorite artist is the Beatles, her favorite movies are Silver Linings Playbook and What We Do in the Shadows, and her favorite book is The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Sarah is very motivated about advocating for national policies that address the ongoing climate crisis and she hopes that her actions within CCL will help gain some wins in terms of bipartisanship, permitting reform, and overall policy reform.