Sena Wazer

Sena Wazer is a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in environmental studies, a 2021 Truman Scholar and co-director of Sunrise CT. In 2019, Sena helped organize the Sept. 20 and Dec. 6 climate strikes at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. In early 2020, she was also the lead organizer for the Sunrise CT youth lobby day at the state legislature, which brought over 150 students to the Capitol. Over the summer of 2020, Sena chaired a subcommittee on the Governor’s Council on Climate Change and phone banked for candidates who ran for the state legislature. She also helped organize the first Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Youth Climate Summit and a Rally for a Peaceful Planet at UConn.