Suvi Birch

Suvi Birch is a sophomore at the University of Arizona studying environmental science with an emphasis in soil, air, and water. Suvi found her passion for nature through exploring and spending time with her maternal family in Finland, as well as taking an environmental science course in high school. Suvi is currently an employee of the UA Herbarium where she maintains plant specimen collections, including imaging, filing, and databasing. Suvi is a UA Student PIRGS intern, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ambassador, and an Arizona’s Science, Engineering, and Math Scholar. She actively volunteers at the UofA Community Garden through Students for Sustainability. Suvi hopes to use her experiences in the Liverman Scholars Program to address the issues of climate change and environmental justice through research and environmental communication.