Meet Tina

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Tina Nguyen

I grew up in an urban concrete sprawl environment and only began to understand and appreciate nature when I started surfing in high school. That love for surfing shaped the rest of my academic pursuit, from earning a geography and Spanish BA at UC Santa Barbara to a master’s degree in sustainability in Cape Town, South Africa. In South Africa, I focused my master’s research on sustainable surfing events, comparing major surfing contests in Jeffreys Bay and Hawaii. I truly enjoy the integration of textbook research with real life, real people, problem solving. Thus, I'm always curious about what sustainability means for different people in different places and always exploring ways to create tangible benefits for people and the environment.

3 Things I Like:

  • Surfing

  • Yoga

  • Connecting people together

Favorite Quote:

“We cannot win this battle to save species and environment without forging an emotional bond with ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love.” 

-Stephen Jay Gould