Sydney (she/her) is a Southern storytelling environmentalist with degrees in Fine Arts and Environmental Sustainability from the University of Michigan, where she participated in the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Alumni Network. Her interests range from ethnobotany to community building and political history, all of which continue to lead her to interesting conversations and experiences with her fellow DDCSP alumni. Now, as Co-Director for the DDCSP Alumni Network, Sydney plans webinars with speakers across disciplines, designs curriculum and programming for alumni, and finds new and engaging ways to support the alumni community. Sydney is constantly learning something new, and, when she’s not working, she can usually be found in a cozy corner with a stack of books.