Avriel Diaz is the Executive Director of the Global Council for Science and the Environment, working to advance environmental and climate justice by mobilizing scientific knowledge into decision making. She has dedicated years to forming international transdisciplinary partnerships aimed at enhancing community resilience across Latin America and the Caribbean. Avriel is also actively pursuing her Ph.D. focused on Climate, Environment & Health at Columbia University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science. Avriel holds a Bachelors of Science from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and two Masters from Columbia University in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences.