Gabby Hyman is a Legislative Engagement Intern on the Government Affairs team. She supports advancing WRI’s legislative priorities by conducting and preparing research, reports, and communication materials to inform strategic engagement with Congress and federal agencies.

During a six-month study abroad semester in Santiago, Chile, Gabby was a research intern at Fiscalia del Medio Ambiente (the Environmental Prosecutor’s Office), where she authored a Spanish report on the socio-environmental impact of Chinese multilateral development banks’ investments in Latin America’s lithium and transportation sectors. While at WashU, she worked as a research assistant for the Data-driven Analysis of Peace Project to investigate UN peacekeepers’ effectiveness in mitigating conflict over climate-change-related stressors in Africa.

Gabby holds a B.A. in Environmental Policy with a second major in History and a minor in Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis. Outside of classes, she was a tour guide, a volunteer tutor in the St. Louis area, and a member of two campus green groups.

Gabby lives in Washington, D.C., and enjoys volunteering, cooking, and going on walks with friends.