Sacha-Rose Phillips tau koom nrog McKnight ua tus thawj coj ua haujlwm nrog Midwest Climate & Energy program thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2022. Hauv lub luag haujlwm no, nws saib xyuas thiab tsim cov peev txheej tseem ceeb uas txhawb kev siv zog los tsim lub zog los ntawm kev sib koom tes, ua raws McKnight cov hom phiaj kev nyab xeeb thiab kev ncaj ncees rau kev daws teeb meem. mus rau qhov teebmeem kev nyab xeeb.
Sacha-Rose yog lub zog ncaj ncees thiab tus kws tshaj lij txoj cai tshwj xeeb hauv kev thauj mus los hluav taws xob, kev siv hluav taws xob nyob deb nroog, thiab kev txhim kho hauv zej zog. Tsis ntev los no, nws tau ua haujlwm rau Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) tsim thiab siv cov tswv yim txoj cai los txhawb kev tshawb fawb thiab cov kev pab cuam ntawm kev thauj mus los, hluav taws xob, huab cua, thiab kev nyab xeeb ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv hauv New York. Nws kuj tau koom tes nrog EDF New York State Affairs pab pawg kev koom tes nrog cov neeg tawm tswv yim, cov koom haum kev ncaj ncees ib puag ncig, tsoomfwv cov thawj coj, thiab lwm cov neeg txiav txim siab tseem ceeb. Lub tswv yim tseem ceeb uas nws tau coj thaum nyob hauv EDF yog qhov kev txhawb siab tsim kev tshawb fawb txog kev nce kev nkag mus rau xoom-emissions nruab nrab thiab hnyav tsheb thauj khoom rau cov lag luam me me, cov tswv ntawm cov xim, thiab cov nkoj ua haujlwm hauv cov zej zog tsis zoo.
Ua ntej nws lub sijhawm ntawm EDF, Sacha tau ua haujlwm ua tus kws pab tswv yim nrog United Nations Development Program (UNDP) uas nws qiv nws cov kev txawj ntse rau tsoomfwv cov koomhaum thiab cov koom haum hauv Jamaica, Bahamas, Turks Caicos Islands, thiab Belize txhawm rau txhim kho tsheb hluav taws xob, natural disaster recovery, climate resilience, thiab kev pab nyiaj ntsuab ntsuab.
Sacha-Rose tuav ob tus tswv ntawm kev tshawb fawb hauv ib puag ncig thiab kev ruaj ntseg thiab tus tswv ntawm pej xeem txoj cai los ntawm University of Michigan. Thaum nws kawm nyob ntawd, nws tau tshawb fawb txog kev txom nyem hluav taws xob thiab kev nkag mus thiab ua haujlwm raws li kev sib txawv, kev ncaj ncees, thiab suav nrog cov kws tshaj lij rau Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm ua haujlwm rau ntau tshaj 1,500 tus tub ntxhais kawm, cov neeg ua haujlwm, thiab cov kws qhia ntawv. Sacha kuj muaj kev kawm tiav qib siab hauv kev tshawb fawb ib puag ncig los ntawm Carleton College qhov twg nws yog tus tau txais 2017 David Field Prize for Ingenuity. Nws yog Mellon Mays Research Fellow (2015), NPR 'Yuav Ua Li Cas Kuv Ua Qhov no' Fellow (2018), thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawm Environmental Grantmakers Association's Environmental Fellows Program. Yug thiab loj hlob hauv Jamaica, Sacha-Rose nyiam mus ncig nrog phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg, taug kev, thiab khawb rau hauv phau ntawv zoo.