In this second episode of the Green Collar Careers Podcast, I interview Cristina Garcia, the Founder of Latinxs in Sustainability, a group aimed at uniting Latinx-identifying professionals and students in the sustainability and STEM industry. The organization is determined to address and reduce the barriers that have led the STEM fields, and specifically the environmental and climate fields, to be among the least ethnically and racially diverse across all disciplines. Their goal is to establish and facilitate pathways for underrepresented and under-resourced Latinx communities in an effort to diversify the sustainability workforce. Cristina started the organization in 2017 to help address the lack of Latino representation in the sustainability and environmental space. She is a native New Yorker and holds a master's degree from the City College of New York in Environmental Engineering. Cristina believes it is critical to be intentional about programs and policies that will create high quality jobs that are accessible to all, especially historically marginalized and underrepresented groups. In this interview, Cristina and I discuss her educational and career journey, barriers to entry that many diverse professionals face when they want to work in the environmental space, the importance of mentors and community support, and resources for both recent grads and experienced professionals who want to break into the green careers space. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as I did recording it! Thank you!