Liz Reyes

Elizabeth “Liz” Reyes (she/her) is a Cecil Corbin-Mark Fellow at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx, she graduated from Middlebury College where she majored in environmental justice. Liz was a Community Connected Learning Project Assistant at Middlebury, where she supported students working with community-based organizations on their civic skills, leadership, and community engagement. She also worked with a local frontline community that faced a disproportionate risk of flooding, creating an ethical storytelling project that gave residents a voice in decisions being made in their community. Liz learned about WE ACT during her senior year of high school, which set her on course for a career in environmental justice.