Hope Warren

Hope Warren ('20) is majoring in Society and Environment with a concentration in U.S. Environmental Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Hope grew up in a Chesapeake Bay watermen’s community, where she worked at her family’s general store and folk music concert venue. Hope is passionate about environmental issues and their effects on people, and credits her upbringing in a Chesapeake Bay community that has suffered from the Bay’s declining health with fostering this passion. Her participation in several environmental-based groups, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advisory council and an oyster gardening operation start-up, helped her realize her passion for bettering her community and surrounding communities through environmental restoration. Hope believes policy is the best way to address environmental issues and their negative effects on society. Her work in Congressman Mark Takano’s office helped solidify her belief that working within the policy process is the most effective means of serving people and affecting change. Hope plans to pursue a career in federal environmental policy so that she can help influence policy that prioritizes sustainably and the well-being of people all over the country. Hope looks forward to furthering her career aspirations in Washington, D.C. and is thankful for the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement’s support of her work.