Emily Morel

Emily is a proud first generation American and Afro-Latina of Dominican and Mexican roots who was raised in the City of South Tucson . She graduated with a dual degree in Latin American Studies and Environmental Studies and a minor in Spanish from the University of Arizona. She will be completing a dual degree MA in LAS and Public Health with a concentration on Climate Change and its impact. She is interested in the intersections of reproductive justice, environmental justice, abolition, health and Latin America, specifically connections to colonial history, resistance and how it relates to our current socio-political climate now. She currently teaches comprehensive sex education youth and mails out free menstrual packages through El Rio's Reproductive Health Access Project. Emily is an abolitionist and through her work she previously served as the community outreach Tucson Bail Fund but now serves as a key volunteer offering support to families in and out of the immigration system for Tucson's participatory defense hub, Red de DefensAZ. Emily also shares a passion for environmental justice as she is the creator and lead organizer of an event that highlights and celebrates resistance against environmental racism in South Tucson called Earth Day for the Hood. During her undergrad, Emily has worked as a youth environmental educator through the University of Arizona’s Biodiversity Project and as the administrative assistant for Flowers and Bullets Midtown Farm through the University of Arizona’s Earth Grant Program. During her free time she likes to walk her dogs, read, or hang out with friends.