Cathryn G. Bigham is pursuing a dual degree in medicine and public health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She graduated with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in American Sign Language from The University of Texas at Austin. She became interested in public health after interning at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) the summer after her freshman year of college. Through this experience and a variety of health policy undergraduate classes, she developed a passion for environmental health and an approach to health policy that emphasizes upstream considerations. Although environmental health is broad, she hopes to utilize it to participate in research that demonstrates how climate change impacts human health and then apply that research to advocate for policy changes and improved agricultural, engineering, and consumer practices. She is also part of the Student Ambassadors program at McGovern Medical School, and she enjoys volunteering at Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston's HOMES clinic.