SLI alumnus Jaime Trejo-Angeles is featured in the Winchester Public Schools 2024 annual report.
Now a communications and trainings associate for the Virginia Conservation Network (VCN), Trejo-Angeles participated in SLI at John Handley High School in Winchester, then earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia.
“SLI positively impacted me by offering resources to help navigate my high school course selection, helping me develop a critical-thinking mindset through college-level seminars, and financially supporting my community college transfer credits and college expenses,” he shared with SLI.
The point person for the VCN’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice commitment, Trejo-Angeles also supervises a fellowship program that elevates underrepresented students in the environmental sector.
“I see myself in the fellowships,” the annual report quotes him on page 11. “I didn’t have connections to anyone in the field and I was the first person in my family to go to college. We can’t move forward with environmental work if we don’t have different perspectives.”
The complete report is here.