Rosalind Grant of Nebraska Indian Community College

Rosalind Grant received her associate’s degree in general science studies in May 2025. She was also awarded the Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) student of the year. While a student, Rosalind completed an AIHEC summer climate resilience internship in 2024. She is a NASA fellow and completed an internship in the NICC greenhouse while working on her associate’s degree. During her tenure as a student, she worked in collaboration with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the National Weather Service Omaha Forecast Office, Platte Basin Timelapse, the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, and in the NOAA CAP/RISA Midwest Climate Program. Her efforts focused on community weather and climate resilience and education where she installed a weather station on Isanti tribal land, helped site a potential weather station on Omaha tribal land, and developed educational video content. She was invited and participated in a panel discussion sponsored by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council to provide expertise on community climate resilience. Her education and accomplishments at NICC helped her obtain a full-time position as a staff scientist with the Tribal Environmental Protection Department where one of her long-term goals is developing a community climate action plan.