About Us

Santa Cruz Sunrise is an independent coalition of students, faculty, alumni, and community members focused on raising awareness about and organizing action on Environmental and Climate Justice locally and globally.

Steering Committee Members (2024-2025)

Jazlyn Solano

Environmental Studies '26

jadsolan@ucsc.edu

Diya Verma

Global Community Health '25

dverma1@ucsc.edu

Nash Pari-Candia

Environmental Studies '27

aparican@ucsc.edu

Jonah Henry

Environmental Studies '25

jojhenry@ucsc.edu

Haley Balbuena

ENVS (minor in Legal Studies) '27

hbalbuen@ucsc.edu

Ian Gentry

Environmental Studies '28

igentry@ucsc.edu

Tahoe Roe

Community Studies '25

tagroe@ucsc.edu

Julia Poole

Environmental Studies & Psychology '26

jcpoole@ucsc.edu

Jason Samaha

Psychology Faculty

jsamaha@ucsc.edu

Jim Mulherin

Sociology Researcher

Derede Arthur

Writing Faculty

dlarthur@ucsc.edu

Emereti Steering Members

Maya Caminada

Anthropology '23

mcaminad@ucsc.edu

Ian Cowan

Computer Science Game Design '23

icowan@ucsc.edu

Gwen Parden

Anthropology '23

gparden@ucsc.edu

Logan Haug

Computer Science '25

lnhaug@ucsc.edu

Katie Seal Jorczak

Anthropology '23

ksealjor@ucsc.edu

Lisette Jones

Environmental Studies '22

lpjones@ucsc.edu

Jonathan Goren

Politics '24

jrgoren@ucsc.edu

Mira Newe

University of Heidelburg Exchange Student

Max Rogozienski

Astrophysics '25

mrogozie@ucsc.edu

Amber Khan

Politics & Legal Studies '24

amzkhan@ucsc.edu

Josiah Macken

Environmental Science '24

jmackenb@ucsc.edu

Nicole MacGaffey

Technology Information Management '26

nmacgaff@ucsc.edu

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