Mentor Spotlight

Scott Christian

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

DC Chapter mentor Scott Christian joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a full time employee after serving with them as a post-graduate school intern.  Scott has served as a mentor for three years, and has mentored Oluwatope “Olu” Egwuronu for two years.  With Scott’s guidance, Olu has become more clear and outgoing about what he wants to accomplish.  Olu’s goal oriented and competitive nature, along with Scott’s support, has allowed him to aim high and take risks with his EnvironMentors project. Scott believes that EnvironMentors is a great chance to help and encourage a high school student, and get them excited about school projects.

Lindy Halliday

Colorado State University Undergraduate

Lindy Halliday is an undergraduate student at Colorado State University with a major in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and a concentration in Environmental Communication.  Lindy accredits her choice of major to two science teachers from high school, and she aspires to be like them in the future.  EnvironMentors is the perfect program for her to mentor students in the same way she was mentored in high school. She hopes to show her mentee that a lot can be achieved if students apply themselves, and that college is not as unattainable as it may seem.

Debbie Payne

Alabama State University Professor

Debbie Payne is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Alabama State University.  This is her first year as a mentor with the Alabama State University Chapter, and she is looking forward to the experience.  She believes that the EnvironMentors program allows mentees to learn how to stick with a project and see it through to the end. EnvironMentors allows Debbie to mentor youth in a subject she loves and communicate the research she does in a unique way.