Benji is a PhD Candidate in UC Berkeley's Department Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM). Their current research integrates geospatial, econometric, and hydrological analyses to examine drivers of inequities in access to water, focusing on the impacts of water policy, land ownership, and agricultural exports in central Chile and California's Central Valley. They are passionate about using research, data science, and GIS to empower social movements, inform policy, and fight for a more just food-water system.
Before joining ESPM, Benji studied environmental justice, data science, and music, with their undergraduate thesis assessing the extent to which drought and power disparities drive water markets in Chile. Prior to that, Benji grew up in Buenos Aires, Singapore, Dubai, and Santiago. They love writing and playing music, baking bread, trail running, reading, ashtanga yoga, and nerding out about fútbol tactics.
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Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley
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