Cyatharine joined CNT in 2020, bringing analytical expertise and a commitment to equity and sustainability to the organization. She contributes to CNT’s work by working with community based partners on environmental justice advocacy, co-designing and co-leading community research efforts around urban flooding and nature-based solutions, and supporting quantitative and qualitative analysis. She is a graduate of Tufts University with a Masters of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Teacher Certification from Harvard University. Her journey to environmental policy and planning is based in her teaching experiences with youth from Chinatown in Boston, and Sunnyvale, CA.