Michelle Kim

Michelle Kim (she/her) has been a sustainability educator and practitioner for the past eight years working at international, academic and community levels. She works as the Manager of Student Development at the University of Alberta Students’ Union, overseeing programs around sustainability, leadership, First Nations Metis and Inuit Initiatives, and many other programs. She is also the current director of sustainability and strategy with JIVAM foundation India working on rural girls education and sustainability. She is also the Executive Director at BLI college leading global education and sustainability learnings for youth and young adults.

In addition to her professional work, she has been involved with UN Association Canada as Gen-SDG Ambassador and representing at the 67th Commission on the Status of Women. Michelle has been one of the Council of Student Sustainability Leaders at the Harvard Office of Sustainability for the past three years and Climate Health Ambassador with Harvard Chan School of public health.

For her education, she completed her BSc in biology and chemistry with certificates in international learning, sustainability, and Global Citizenship at the University of Alberta. She is currently in her last year of her Master’s degree and completed Certificate in Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Policy & international development. She is LEED certified Green Associate and she is also certified in numerous other DEI focused certifications.

Her dedication to sustainability work is rooted in her growing up and learning in four different countries, including South Korea, the Philippines, Canada, and the United States. She experienced various levels of inequalities leading her to create change within her communities. She strongly believes that “No one can help everyone/everything, but everyone can help someone/something”. Feel free to talk to Michelle about UN SDGs, Sustainability Education, ESG/Climate Program development, Youth Engagement, Green Energy and more!