Isabela Valencia is a Master of Environmental Management candidate at the Yale School of the Environment pursuing dual specializations in Business and Policy with a focus on agriculture, forest conservation, and climate finance in the Global South. She is particularly interested in regenerative agriculture supply chains that reduce deforestation and promote local livelihoods.

After finishing her undergraduate degree in environmental studies, she embarked on a 12-month funded travel gap year studying climate-smart agriculture globally as a Knafel Traveling Fellow, with a focus on Southeast Asia and Latin America. Previously she worked at environmental think tanks on projects reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases through forest management approaches. She holds a BA in environmental studies from Wellesley College and has language proficiency in six languages. In the future, she hopes to work for the federal government as a USAID Foreign Service Officer overseeing natural resource projects. As a first-generation Filipino-American, she wants to promote and improve equity, inclusion, and representation within US civil service.