Scholars from OLLU’s TExAS FAST program recently attended the Confluence of Young Conservation Leaders (CYCL) conference at Morgan’s Camp, San Antonio, from Oct. 24-27. The theme of the conference was “Land Stewardship in an Urban Environment,” and the nine OLLU scholars who attended met and stayed with young people from all around the country and learned how to advocate for themselves and the natural world. “Initially I thought everyone was so different, there is no way we would have anything in common,” said TExAS FAST transfer student, Michaela Mendez. “But the common factor was that we are all passionate about making a change in the environment. We all want to see things get better.”
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