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Saraya Hamidi
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Hi! I am a Cherokee Nation citizen and Master of Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship student at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. I also work full-time at a conservation finance nonprofit called Blue Forest, where I serve as an Indigenous Partnerships Manager, partnering with Native Nations to support forest and landscape resilience across the Pacific West.
After graduating from Columbia with a Bachelor's in Financial Economics, I joined Google to support digital marketing for small businesses across the country. It being the year 2020, I dove into supporting racial justice movements through social media, building and supporting digital campaigns that earned features in The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America. I was later named one of Change.Org's Top 10 Changemakers of 2020. Shortly thereafter, I joined Change.org's team to drive racial and environmental justice movements and, later, Blue Forest to support Indigenous land stewardship.
Education
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Master's degree programMajors:
- American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
- Finance and Financial Management Services
Hun School Of Princeton
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Law
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
Career
Dream career field:
Environmental Services
Dream career goals:
Research
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals — Co-author on publication to be released late 20242023 – Present
Public services
Volunteering
George Floyd Memorial Foundation — Scholarship Selection Committee Member2021 – 2022Volunteering
Tsalagi (Cherokee) Los Angeles) — Board member2023 – Present