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Tienany Bakayoko, B.S.

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Building Treetracker🌴

Ridley Sollecito

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I am currently a senior at New York University studying Economics, Business, and Journalism. I have also completed a certificate in Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design. I am passionate about fashion, strategic marketing, design, advertising, journalism, finance and public relations. I also have extensive experience in the performing arts as an actress, dancer, and singer.

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3x Founder & Operating Partner @ Initio Capital | From Idea → Customers: Helping Founders Build Brands, Close Clients & Raise Capital

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Economics @ University of Massachusetts Boston

Ayurella Horn-Muller

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Ayurella is a staff writer at Grist reporting on the intersection of climate, food and agriculture. She is the author of "Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South." Her work has also appeared in CNN, National Geographic, El País, The Associated Press, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, The Guardian, WIRED, Scientific American, Yahoo News, Popular Science, Gizmodo, Eater, USA TODAY, The Miami Herald, and a number of other publications. She previously reported on climate change for Axios and Climate Central, and produced TV news at WPLG. Based in Florida, she has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and Green Eyeshade Awards, and has had her work honored in anthologies including Best American Food & Travel Writing 2025, published by HarperCollins. She's also been awarded numerous media fellowships. This includes selection as a 2023 Society of Environmental Journalists and Uproot Project Diversity Fellow, 2022 Metcalf Institute Fellow, 2022 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Science Journalism Fellow and 2022 Oregon State University Food and Agriculture Media Fellow. Her debut nonfiction book "Devoured” was published by Louisiana State University Press in the spring of 2024 and has received excellence in literature honors from the American Botanical Council. "Devoured" has remained an LSU Press bestseller since its release. Tip? Email: ahornmuller@grist.org Signal: ahornmuller.75