Cassia Moraes MPA-DP 15 of Youth Climate Leaders COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

Cassia Moraes MPA-DP 15 of Youth Climate Leaders COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog As CEO and partnerships lead at Youth Climate Leaders, Cassia Moraes MPA-DP 15 is working to build the next generation of climate leaders through a unique around the world experience. Participants learn about climate change in theory, understand it in practice and work on hands-on projects with other young people, ultimately building a community of climate champions. While at SIPA, she became interested in entrepreneurship and took classes to further that interest. She worked with an international NGO after SIPA, but it was only when she was actively looking for jobs again that she decided to launch her own organization: the Youth Climate Leaders (YCL). SIPA not only provided her a great education but a network that she still relies on at YCL. As Cassia puts it: SIPA is one of the best schools in the world which is empowering. You are so privileged to have this experience and, because of it, it is your duty to give back to the world what you learned. Learn more about this and other organizations fostered and founded by our Development Practice students here. Learn more about the  MPA-DP Program: Instagram:  columbiasipa_mpadp Twitter: @ColumbiaMPADP LinkedIn Facebook