Michelle So is an undergraduate at Yale majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Global Health Studies. She believes in the power of narrative storytelling in climate advocacy and medicine, and contributes to the Yale Daily News as a Sci-Tech writer and edits for the Scientific Magazine and the Global Health Review.
Michelle is a research assistant in the Post Lab of aquatic ecology and volunteers for the Living History Project, where she documents the stories of terminal patients. She became interested in Planetary Health after attending the Johns Hopkins Global Health Leaders Conference and learning about climate change’s impact on human lifespan.
Through her writing, she hopes to collaborate with the Planetary Health Alliance to advocate for healthcare equity and environmental justice.