About

I'm Cayte, an investigative environmental journalist, sustainability analyst, and environmental policy expert. My career intertwines scientific expeditions, frontline investigations, and support of community-based initiatives for healthier environments. As a fellow of the Solutions Journalism Network, I’m dedicated to rigorous analysis and constructive communication in the environmental sustainability project.

My work, featured in The Atlantic, Scientific American, National Geographic, Fast Company, InsideClimate News, Hemispheres Magazine, and others, focuses on scientific discoveries, biodiversity, and crucial environmental debates across energy development, natural resource management, and conservation strategy.

I am a trained moderator and have facilitated discussions across platforms like VICE News, The Explorers Club, and the Global Biodiversity Festival. Committed to promoting education on local ecologies, I guide for Fjällräven North America, building informative experiences through in-store events and outdoor education.

As an Explorer’s Club fellow, I actively support women in sciences and exploration, particularly within the Rocky Mountain Chapter. I co-authored documentaries like 'Pathfinders: the First Women of the Explorers Club.’

I graduated from Columbia University's sustainability master’s program, where I researched environmental economics and land management. Expedition-based fieldwork in the Bolivian Amazon, Guatemalan estuaries, Cuba, and Peru has given me a nuanced understanding of bridging scientific analysis with community-led projects.

Currently, I teach undergraduate and graduate classes on environmental sustainability at the Colorado School of Mines and am a candidate for a Master’s of Law in Animal Law at Lewis and Clark College.

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Selected Collaborations