Adriana Gonzales is a 2nd year Master’s/Ph.D. student in the Energy and Resources Group department. She is interested in investigating energy, disaster, and climate change adaptation in the Caribbean from an ecological and humanistic lens. She is particularly interested in understanding sociopolitical histories of empire, labor, and environment to better understand the present vulnerabilities of Caribbean ecologies and energy systems in Dominica and Puerto Rico under conditions of climate change and related catastrophes. Adriana is also the co-founder of the Caribbean Coalition at Berkeley, which seeks to foster intraregional community and dialogue among graduate students, faculty, and staff members who identify with and/or are in solidarity with Caribbean peoples and support their self-determined futures. Adriana's scholarly work informs, and is informed by, her engagement in community practices of care and sovereignty as a full-spectrum doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, and organizer.
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Ph.D. Student
Department:
Energy and Resources Group
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