Program Coordinator
CurrentMicronesia Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) is a grassroots network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating community-centered solutions to climate change.Although we are a small team, we have an ambitious agenda to improve the sustainability of our island home by focusing on a wide spectrum of issues such as mitigating and adapting to climate change, transitioning to locally- produced renewable energy sources, promoting food sovereignty, tackling the consumption and waste crisis and advocating for an equitable, just society throughout Micronesia.In January 2021, I was promoted from Intern to their Program Coordinator. The essential job function for this position is to ensure all requirement from grants/projects are fulfilled. We are a small organization of only three personnel with around 20+ 1099-Independent contractors annually. MCCA is a small but mighty organization as we handle upwards of $150,000 different grants to facilitate multiple community projects for your island.Projects/Duties- Precious Plastics: Co-created Guam’s Precious Plastics program from the ground up. Precious Plastic is a combination of people, machines, networks and knowledge to create an alternative global recycling system. More information on our project can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y561cjTG8i4 -Student Service Learning: MCCA provides students with service-learning hours as a requirement for individuals looking to graduate from the Guam Department of Education’s High Schools. Our organization provides students with training on our region’s climate crisis, provides community service opportunity, and other outlets to get youth involved with the sustainable development of our island. More information can be found here: https://guamservicelearning.com/our-n%C3%A5nas-our-nenis-precious-plastics-pilot-program-%E2%80%93-mcca