{"id":17872,"date":"2023-01-24T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=17872"},"modified":"2023-01-26T14:13:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T19:13:51","slug":"making-antarctic-sustainability-a-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2023\/01\/making-antarctic-sustainability-a-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Antarctic Sustainability a Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hila-Levy_whitehouse-copy-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18317 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hila-Levy_whitehouse-copy-1-300x268.jpeg\" alt=\"Photograph of Hila Levy smiling, standing in front of the White House\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hila-Levy_whitehouse-copy-1-300x268.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hila-Levy_whitehouse-copy-1-768x687.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hila-Levy_whitehouse-copy-1.jpeg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Hila Levy MS \u201914 was 11 years old when she told her parents she wanted to join the Air Force.\u00a0They thought she would eventually change her mind, she confides. But in 2008, her determination earned her Top Graduate honors (she was No. 1 out of 1,026) from the U.S. Air Force Academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea of service has always motivated me, and lifelong learning and curiosity are what drive me,\u201d says Levy, a major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve who is a native of Puerto Rico and the daughter and granddaughter of both Israeli and U.S. military service veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Five academic degrees later (including a master\u2019s degree\u2014her third\u2014in environmental planning and management from the Whiting School\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ep.jhu.edu\/program-finder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engineering for Professionals<\/a> program), this heady trifecta of ambitions coupled with an openness to embrace change, has led Levy to every continent and around the globe before her current stop in Washington, where she recently completed a one-year appointment as a White House Fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The highly competitive, leadership-oriented fellowship is designed to give early to mid-career nongovernment or military professionals from an array of backgrounds the opportunity to observe and participate in the highest level of government. Maybe not the most obvious choice for an Oxford University graduate with a DPhil in zoology who wrote her dissertation on Antarctic penguins, but Levy has always been eager to build on her varied experiences and take a step toward a long-term goal of working in high-level federal public service.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe idea of service\u00a0has always motivated\u00a0me, and lifelong\u00a0learning and curiosity\u00a0are what drive me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hila Levy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a Fellow, and now in her continued role at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Levy has used her expertise to call attention to current challenges the polar regions face\u2014including impact from overfishing, climate change, pollution, and threats of resource exploitation\u2014and has made it a priority to make sure the Antarctic is represented in national policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur office works a lot on catastrophic risks, and on any given day, we\u2019re thinking about how we can protect the planet,\u201d explains Levy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntarctica is such a meaningful place for me. The region as a whole makes up about 10% of the world in surface area,\u201d Levy says. \u201cWhat happens there affects all of us, particularly with the risk of ice sheet melt and sea level rise.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: The views expressed here do not represent those of the White House, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, or the U.S. Air Force.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hila Levy MS \u201914 was 11 years old when she told her parents she wanted to join the Air Force.\u00a0They thought she would eventually change her mind, she confides. 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