INSECTS
PROTEIN FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Meet Our Team
Lara Haller
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Having grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lara was always surrounded by nature and grew up with a love for the outdoors and the environment. Currently a student at Cal Poly SLO majoring in English and minoring in environmental studies, she hopes to pursue her dream of teaching both subjects back in the Bay Area. Her interest in development peaked when she went on a conservation service trip to Costa Rica and worked on installing a water infiltration system at local elementary schools. On the side she enjoys playing music, reading, and quick trips up the Coast to Big Sur!
Katie Hoagland
Katie is a Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies student at Cal Poly, SLO, studying Transportation Engineering and Social Psychology. She is passionate about the intersection between human psychology and infrastructure design, especially how the design of physical spaces can promote healthy, happy, sustainable lifestyles. Her interest in sustainable development became part of her future plans after a Cal Poly trip to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, where she spent a week learning about and practicing local sustainable design and construction techniques. Katie plans to pursue a Master's degree in Environmental Management after Cal Poly, and hopes to work in sustainability consulting for large design firms and development organizations.
Brenna Eikenbary
Brenna has been passionate about wildlife conservation since she was a kid and is currently studying animal science at Cal Poly. She has spent the last three years rehabilitating and rescuing seals and sea lions for the Marine Mammal Center. This summer she developed a greater interest in development while she was working in Namibia, Africa for the Cheetah Conservation Fund, helping with zoonotic disease education for farmers, and learning about human wildlife conflict issues. She believes that sustainable community development is essential to successful conservation efforts. One the side she enjoys helping people, reading, hiking, and travelling.
Colin Borchardt
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Colin is a third year Biological Science major at Cal Poly SLO. He is focusing his studies in the field of molecular biology and hopes to pursue his dreams of a professional career in biotechnology. He grew up in the town of Walnut Creek, CA where he began to develop his appreciation for the natural world. His research interests include discovering new ways to mimic nature in hopes of developing technology to solve the current problems facing our global society.
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Dana Cameron
Dana is a fourth-year Architecture student whose academic interests include cultural studies, education, new urbanism, and the application of environmentally-restorative and radically pragmatic methods of dwelling to human development. She works as a student instructor for undergraduate environmental design courses and as a technician in the fabrication shops for Cal Poly CAED, where she enjoys helping others find self-empowerment through creation and construction. She is seeking ways to cross-pollinate her passion for teaching with her desire to become a practicing architect. Her ultimate goal is to contribute to a world in which humans reach a more intimate understanding of the animate Earth and its manifold ways of dwelling; she is interested in pursuing the study of vernacular architectures around the world - in other words, how we build awesome, meaningful architecture with the resources that are given to us locally and abundantly.