Baldwin Herald Highlights Baldwin High School Graduate, Justina Thompson

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Justina Thompson, a 2016 Baldwin High School graduate, has been selected as a Bloomberg American Health Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where she will pursue a master’s degree in public health.

Thompson, who serves as the program manager for environmental justice in the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability, said the fellowship will help broaden her work at the intersection of environment, health and community.

“I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to deepen my skill set to advance environmental justice in Philadelphia and beyond by pursuing my MPH at Johns Hopkins,” Thompson said. “Being selected as a Fellow in the environmental challenges focus area affirms the relationship between the health of our environment and the health of our communities.”

Thompson said she plans to focus on public health policy and spatial analysis during her fellowship, using tools such as ArcGIS to better understand and communicate the health impacts brought on by environmental burdens. She added that completing her graduate work in collaboration with Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability would allow her to directly apply what she learned to the city’s environmental justice efforts.

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