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Careers & Alumni: Environmental Studies, B.A.
Environmental issues have economic, cultural, political, geographical, and imaginative dimensions, which are marketable in a variety of career fields.
By building career development into our departmental curriculum we also assist students in identifying career goals and working toward them proactively during their time at Humboldt.
Potential Career Paths
Public Relations Specialist
Non-Profit Administrator
Environmental Consultant
Environmental Educator
Environmental Analyst
Conservation Specialist
Energy Policy Specialist
Environmental Justice Advocate
Environmental Specialist
Journalist/Writer
Public Policy Analyst
Urban/Regional Planner
Community Organizer/Activist
Land Use Analyst
Environmental Lawyer/Lobbyist
Alumni Profiles
Alumni Updates
Maggie Demorest
Environmental Studies, 2024
Maggie graduated with an Environmental Studies Degree with an emphasis in Ecology and Conservation from Cal Poly Humboldt in the spring of 2024. For the next year, she continued working at Freshwater Elementary School as an Instructional Aide, After School Program lead, and Nature Club teacher. She worked there until starting the Watershed Stewards Program (WSP) in October 2025. Her site placement as a WSP Corpsmember is with the Eel River Watershed Improvement Group and the CCC-Fortuna Fisheries Department. This position grants her the opportunity to help restore the Eel River Watershed through habitat surveys, spawner surveys, designing and conducting large wood installations that provide stream diversity and salmonid habitat. She also has the pleasure of being able to plan the Creek Days Environmental Education Fair, which provides over 300 elementary school students with hands-on environmental education every spring. Maggie says it is a blessing to be able to blend my environmental studies background with direct field work while exploring the beauty of Humboldt County every day.
Abbey Ramirez
Environmental Studies, 2022
Since graduation, Abbey moved to Sonoma County on Pomo and Coast Miwok land, where she is the Head Gardener for Traditional Medicinals Tea Company (the company that makes Throat Coat!) She tends the educational garden, which serves as an herbal library, displaying many medicinal herbs the company uses in its teas. She is also the zero-waste coordinator working with the environmental department on getting the tea company recertified as a zero-waste facility. Abbey is still working with CCAT as a member of the Steering Committee, and she is always proud to say where her education came from!
Liam Hazelton
Environmental Studies, Geospatial Analysis minor, 2019
Following graduation, Hazelton searched for jobs in the Bay Area but did not have any luck for a year and a half. In December 2020 he received help from a local professional who sent him information about an internship that dealt with restoring and mitigating damage done in riparian areas by humans. He was selected to join the program in February of 2021 and also has a future job in the pipeline.