Katie Schlick: A Coastal Story

Katie Schlick ’22 (she/her) is an Environmental Studies major at Yale University from Wallingford, CT. On campus, she has led the Yale Student Environmental Coalition and the Yale College Council Sustainability Team. She also loves volunteering for Camp Kesem, an organization serving kids whose parents have cancer. Katie’s studies focus on disaster preparedness and recovery efforts, and she hopes to pursue a career in local or state government working on environmental policy. While on a gap year, she interns with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro’s office and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and also substitute teaches in a Wallingford elementary school. Katie loves cooking, long walks, puzzles, and gardening.