Mentor: Hajin Kim
Emma Mares is a Master of Public Policy (MPP) student at the University of Chicago’s Harris School. At Harris, she is interested in leveraging environmental data to bridge community-centered action, policy goals, and corporate governance objectives. Passionate about the intersection of sustainable development and environmental justice, she is thrilled to join Professor Hajin Kim’s team to support analysis on wetland regulation and corporate sustainability compliance. Emma has experience working at World Wildlife Fund’s Private Sector Engagement Team where she works on a variety of conservation projects. Although she has called Chicago home for the last 8 years, she grew up in Queens, New York in a Romanian-American household. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, crafting, and spending time with her niece.