Shasta Hecht holds a Joint Master’s in EU Trade & Climate Diplomacy from the LUISS School of Government and the Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE), where she recently published her thesis examining the impact of the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on EU climate policy development. A storyteller at heart, she earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. She brings together strong writing and communications skills with expertise in international climate policy to pursue work that advances the Green Transition while centering the communities most affected by climate change. Her portfolio includes regulatory climate research with Climate House US and Clean Earth Future, as well as international affairs writing through LUISS Women in International Affairs at the LUISS School of Government in Rome. She is particularly interested in advancing international climate cooperation, developing carbon markets, reducing fossil fuel subsidies, and supporting Indigenous communities in applying traditional knowledge to land conservation and management.