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By Thalia Chaves | February 2025

Hello! My name is Thalia Chaves, and I graduated in May 2024 from Boston College with a B.A. in International Studies (concentration in Political Economy and Development Studies), and a minor in Management for Social Impact and Public Good. I have always felt very passionate about environmental advocacy, starting from being told about 鈥渢he bad men burning the lungs of our Earth,鈥� from my grandmother when I would visit her in Brazil. As I learned more and more about how corporate greed was destroying not only the Amazon rainforest, but our oceans, our marine and animal life, public health, and more, I could not stop thinking about how we could possibly address the climate crisis.

Even so, stepping on the esteemed campus of Boston College as a first generation college student, I started to feel like maybe I would not be able to make any change at all. It felt as though every student I spoke to had already had some incredible internship or other cool experience, I definitely could not measure up. Then, during my Sophomore year, as I began my McGillyCuddy-Logue Global Citizenship Fellowship, my understanding of ethics and public service underwent a profound shift. I was forced to confront the ethical flaws in well-meaning