Konowe, Celia

Celia Konowe is a rising college senior from Reston, Virginia, majoring in environmental studies at the University of Rochester with minors in French and theatre. This past semester, prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, she studied abroad in Ecuador through the Universidad de San Francisco Quito as part of its GAIAS (Galápagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences) program. Her time abroad was split between Quito and the Galápagos Islands while studying evolution, ecology and conservation. Her main environmental interests include hydrology, ecology conservation, marine ecosystem threats, and food systems. She covered the 2019 Paris Air Show, aviation's largest industry event, by working for an on-site show daily and is a student member of the National Press Club.

• Email: celia@marinelink.com