Ennedith López

MALAS/MCRP
Environmental Governance & Resilience

Ennedith López is a Xicana born and raised in Albuquerque’s International District, which has empowered her passion for community-based work and advocacy. Throughout her youth, she has been involved in a series of community roles focusing on various social justice issues ranging from Immigration Justice to Environmental and Climate Justice.

Ennedith graduated from the University of New Mexico, Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Spanish and a certificate in Race and Social Justice. At UNM, she participated in two exchange programs in Lima, Peru and Guadalajara, Mexico, which inspired her capstone research project on Femicides in Latin America. She later followed to become the 2021-2022 New Mexico Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). During her time at IPS, she has conducted research for the Mining, Trade, and Latin America project and Climate Policy project in urging New Mexico to transition away from fossil fuels. Recently, she completed work as the Policy Campaign Manager at Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) focusing on youth leadership development and holding institutions, industries, and policymakers accountable in the fight for a Just & Equitable transition.

Ennedith is motivated by public scholarship and determined to proactively work alongside communities to take action and address issues that impact them. Ennedith chose to pursue an MA in Latin American Studies and Masters in Community Regional Planning to better support communities impacted by systemic injustice. She plans to explore the topic of climate resiliency planning at the intersections of Climate and Immigration Justice.