Assignment 2: Interview with Nikki Mammano
Senior, Nikki Mammano, transferred before her sophomore year from Sweet Briar College to Chatham University’s sustainability school. However, after taking courses in economics, she realized that she was more interested in the social aspect of sustainability as well as economic justice. At the time, there were no focuses in the sustainability school at the time, so she majored in economics and minored in sustainability and political science instead. When she was studying sustainability, she realized that “sustainability started teaching me more about my passions…I felt by learning about more and taking more classes focused on economics, I’d be learning more about capitalism in a way so in the future I can take that knowledge and systematically learn and evolve the problematic system. Then I could take that and put it into a sustainability lens.” On top of her actual degree, Nikki spends her time on her club, Chatham Student Power, as well as competing as a ballroom dancer. As far a...