Bella Garcia

Bella (she/her) is a senior in Benjamin Franklin College, majoring in Environmental Studies (BA) with a concentration in Urban Environments and pursuing an Energy Studies Certificate. 

At Yale, she is an Executive Chair of the Yale Student Environmental Coalition, a peer mentor for the Environmental Studies program, a Co-Chair of the Episcopal Church at Yale, a member of Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Yale, and previously served as a Peer Liaison for La Casa Cultural. She has previously interned at JERA Americas on the Renewables Development Team and at Grid United as a Development Intern. She also studied renewable energy abroad in Iceland through the International Study Award. 

Bella hopes to pursue a career in the energy industry, specifically within renewable energy or grid reliability and resilience. She is excited to be a writer for the Yale Clean Energy Forum this year!