Rhea is the founder and current Executive Director of the EJC. In her role at EJC, she leads a team of young individuals to create intersectional environmental justice based solutions for disadvantaged communities. She also does outreach on behalf of EJC, creates and nurtures their partnerships and oversees the educational initiatives.
Rhea is currently studying at Cornell University, where she hopes to use computers, artificial intelligence, and computer vision for societal good. She also is an incoming First Responder and Drone intern at MTIRE.
Kash Jones is a senior at Upper Moreland HS right outside Philadelphia, PA. One of his main goals at EJC, as the Director of HR, is to leave a profound impact, on both his fellow team members and his local community.
Natasha Matta
Emeritus Co-Founder and Director of Content (exited in 2022)
Natasha Matta (she/her) is from Mountain View, California, and she is currently a freshman at the University of Michigan. After learning about environmental racism and health inequities in the Bay Area, she co-founded the Environmental Justice Coalition to get Generation Z aware of and involved in the nationwide fight for intersectional environmental justice.
Outside of environmental justice advocacy, Natasha continues to center health equity and community empowerment. She serves as a Research Intern with Stanford’s Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, where she investigates the relationship between social media and suicide contagion, and she is the Editor-in-Chief of Rediscover STEAM, a publication that sheds light on the underrepresented history of gender minorities in STEM and the arts.
Ashley Agyeman is an 11th grader at Phillips Academy Andover from New York City. From a young age, she has always been interested and passionate in environmental justice and hopes to make an impact through EJC.
Catherine Callinan (they/she) is a high schooler passionate about environmental science and creating a more safe, accesible, and sustainable environment through learning and spreading information about our environment and relationship with it. As well as, spending time supporting the people and animals in it. In their free time, they like to hike, read, and do photography.
Tanvi Pedireddi is a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). She is passionate about alleviating Climate Change and having a sustainable environment for future generations. Through her position as Policy Director for Energy she hopes to create a greener future through viable sources of energy. In her free time she sings, codes, and maintains a blog about Climate Change.
Miriam Antony (she/her) is student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, class of 2023, in northern Virginia. She has been passionate about environmental justice and climate change activism since she gave a presentation on it all the way back in 8th grade. Apart from EJC, Miriam is also a student journalist with her high school’s newspaper, and an avid reader.