OUR GEM: Youth Water Summit expands to southern Idaho
Presenting to North Idaho community members during the Youth Water Summit as a Lake City high school junior in the spring of 2021 shaped the course of Lucy Mendez’s future.
Today, as an environmental science undergraduate at Boise State University, Lucy is drawing on what she learned about Coeur d’Alene Lake to explore real-world water solutions, turning a student experiment she presented at the water summit into a career path focused on helping Idaho communities manage one of their most precious resources. She graduates in December and plans to enroll in law school to study water rights.
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