Suzanne Caflisch

Suzanne is a masters student in Urban and Regional Planning at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and an intern at Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing. Her current research (and the project she worked on at the Mesa Refuge) examines social movements of waste pickers in Brazil, and the coalitions that these movements have formed with civil society partners to achieve inclusive and environmentally responsible waste management policies. She is the recipient of the Urban Planning Academic Excellence Award, the Harvey S. Perloff Fellowship, and the DACOR International Affairs Graduate Fellowship.