Sierra Chapman-Hornsby

Sierra Chapman is a junior at The University of Maryland College Park, majoring in Civil Engineering on the Environmental and Water Resources track, with a minor in Sustainability as well as Global Engineering Leadership. She also is a graduate of the Environment, Technology, and Economy program of College Park Scholars. She is committed to her campus community through an Undergraduate Teaching Fellow position for an Engineering, Ethics and Humanity class as well as being a volunteer for the Civil Engineering department and in the Student Success Leadership Council (SSLC). While maintaining a federal work-study position at the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics and a part-time job in the University of Maryland Athletics Department. Sierra is captivated by the issues of environmental justice, sustainability, and the issue of climate change and how the government plans to address these issues through policy. As a result of her varied experiences, she provides unique solutions to many issues. She recently used this compassion to work with the DICT Philippines to generate a framework for implementing joint trenching to provide more sustainable infrastructure against natural disasters. She is hopeful to enact change within underserved communities throughout her academic years as well as in her future endeavors.