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Zara Inam
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (US) / Eastern Standard Time
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Zara Inam is a Researcher supporting SDGs 3 Health, and 4 Education, and will support 13 Climate Action and 14 Life Below Water when those teams start. A recent graduate from the University of Georgia in the US, where she studied environmental health science and Spanish.
Zara has a variety of experiences in community health and medicine, including volunteering with a local refugee clinic in Atlanta as a translator and working as a Spanish case investigator with the Georgia Department of Public Health. In addition, she has various toxicology experience with the CDC and EPA, looking at chemical exposures to various populations. She co-authored a paper on health impacts in communities close to smelting operations for the CDC. Currently, Zara is working for UPS as a corporate sustainability intern.
These experiences along with her coursework in both hard and social sciences have prepared Inam for a career in environmental health and sustainability. Zara hopes to research and do hands-on work to make a difference in local communities around the globe. She has lived abroad in Mexico and the Middle East, giving her a deep understanding of how sustainability and health are viewed within different cultures. Zara is very interested in the various intersections of sustainability and how they can lead to healthy, safe, and functional societies.