Alumni Spotlight: Fernanda Cabañas Named Executive Secretary of Sustainability Committee

Fernanda Cabañas, EEE’17, a Columbia alumna with a Master’s Degree in Earth and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the Sustainability Committee at Universidad de Chile.

The Sustainability Committee, part of the Deputy Rector’s Office for Student and Community Affairs (VAEC) at Universidad de Chile, is responsible for ensuring that all United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated throughout the university.

Cabañas holds a degree in biotechnology engineering from Universidad de Santiago de Chile. During her time at Columbia, she served as a research associate at the Earth Engineering Center, where she evaluated and proposed improvements for Chile’s solid waste management model. She also studied the inclusion of informal recyclers into the formal economy in Chile.