Carlos Velazquez

Carlos Velazquez is a first year MEM student interested in integrated landscape management and its applications to sustainable disaster resilience. He graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s in Environmental Engineering and came to YSE to explore other areas within the environmental field while deepening his engineering knowledge and Mandarin language proficiency through the Tsinghua joint degree program. Outside of class, he works as an intern with the Environmental Leadership Training Initiative (ELTI) and the Career Development Office. Carlos dreams of engaging in a career that allows him to utilize language skills to foster international cooperation and tackle important environmental issues. His long-term goal, however, is to one day return to his home of Puerto Rico to help strengthen the island’s disaster management capabilities through the integration of engineered and nature-based solutions.