Harshini Ratnayaka

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Save the Dunes

Advocacy Program Manager

expertise:

Ecosystems, Racial + environmental justice, Water rights + policies

state: IN

city: Michigan City

LGBTQ: NO

Tribal Affiliation: NO

languages: English

race + ethnicity: South Asian (eg: Indian, Pakistani, Nepali, Bangladeshi)

Harshini is both a biology and legal expert with experience in water policy advocacy. Now based in Indiana, she grew up in New Orleans and holds a B.S. in Biology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a J.D. in Comparative Law from Louisiana State University Law Center. She was a legal intern for Louisiana Sea Grant, where she was able to work on several environmental policy projects. Harshini combines her love for protecting the environment with helping others in her community. She was previously the New Orleans Group leader for a non-profit group called Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a nonpartisan grassroots advocacy climate change organization focused on national policies to address the climate movement.

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Ecosystems

Environmentalists: State law, recent US Supreme Court ruling will worsen wetlands loss – Chicago Tribune

A two-year-old Indiana law has made the state more vulnerable to flooding and environmental damage, according to a group of environmental organizations. A recent U.S.